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| Kashmir has been |
Kashmir has been an undisputed ,yet divided territory with human rights abuses in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. | ||
| While the state of J&K acceded to India with all legality and International norms , Pakistan started an Islamic proxy war in Kashmir and has since then been spreading and funding terrorist groups in Kashmir. | |||
| ] began in 1947 with ] into India and Pakistan. | ] began in 1947 with ] into India and Pakistan. | ||
| For More sources on Pakistani Terror and Genocidal activities , visit the following links : | |||
| ==Indian administered Kashmir== | |||
| https://en.wikipedia.org/1971_Bangladesh_genocide | |||
| ===Line of Control=== | |||
| https://en.wikipedia.org/Rape_during_the_Bangladesh_Liberation_War | |||
| The ] (LOC) is a military control line between Indian and Pakistani-controlled parts of Kashmir. The line does not constitute a legally international boundary but it is a ] border, designated in 1948 as a cease-fire line, it divided Kashmir into two parts and closed the Jehlum valley route, the only entrance of the ]. This territorial division which, to this day still exists severed many villages and separated family members from each other.<ref>Ranjan Kumar Singh, '''Sarhad: Zero Mile''', (Hindi), ''Parijat Prakashan'', ISBN 81-903561-0-0</ref><ref name="loc kashmir">{{cite book | author=Women in Security, Conflict Management, a Peace (Program) | title=Closer to ourselves: stories from the journ towards peace in South Asia | url=https://books.google.com/books?q=line+of+control+separated+villages+families+relatives+in+kashmir&btnG=Search+Books | accessdate=27 December 2012 |year=2008 | publisher=WISCOMP, Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lam 2008 | isbn= | page=75}}</ref> The ] planted by the ] alongsides of the line have killed scores of innocent people and left thousands as disabled. Without compensation, these disabled persons in the Indian Kashmir are fighting for the survival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tehelka.com/mines-of-war-maim-innocents/|title=Mines of war maim innocents|publisher=tehelka.com|accessdate=2012-12-27}}</ref> | |||
| Please support the cause of Balochistan , where the Pakistanis have made a target out of Baloch people in their own land , for their Chinese masters. | |||
| During ], the ] and the supporters of ] blocked the Srinagar-Jammu National highway (]). The only national highway which connects ] to the rest of India remained closed for several days and stopped the supply of essential commodities.<ref>{{cite news|last=Masoodi|first=Nazir|author2=Razdan, Nidhi |url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080054234&ch=6/24/2008%209:54:00%20PM|title=J&K tense over land transfer to Amarnath shrine|publisher=NDTV|date=2008-06-24|accessdate=2012-11-27}}</ref><ref name="hindustantimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/special-news-report/News-Feed/It-s-not-Jammu-or-Kashmir/Article1-329067.aspx|title=It‘s not Jammu or Kashmir|publisher=hindustantimes.com|accessdate=2012-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/protests-in-delhi-over-amarnath-land-row_10065628.html|title=Protests in Delhi over Amarnath land transfer row|publisher=thaindia.com|accessdate=2012-12-27}}</ref> In response to the blockade, on 11 August 2008, under the leadership of ], 50,000 to 2,50,000 Kashmiri protesters attempted to cross the Line of Control to ]. The protesters were stopped at ] which resulted in killing of fifteen people and hundreds injured when police and Indian paramilitary forces fired on them.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref name="times_tensions"></ref> A slogan raised by the protesters was, ''Khooni lakir tod do aar paar jod do'' (Break down the blood-soaked Line of Control let Kashmir be united again).<ref name="Aazadi Kashmir">{{cite book | author=Arundhati Roy | title=Aazadi for Kashmir | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QDEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23&dq=line+of+control+in+kashmir+most+inhumane&output=html_text&cd=3 | accessdate=27 December 2012 |year=2008 | publisher=Outlook publishing | isbn= | page=23}}</ref> | |||
| Pakistan is a Islamic military-regime , which supports terrorism in Afghanistan and India. | |||
| ===Jammu and Kashmir=== | |||
| {{main|Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir}}{{Further information|Rape in the Kashmir conflict | |||
| |List of massacres in Jammu and Kashmir | |||
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| Human rights abuses in ], a ] administered by ], are an ongoing issue. The allegations range from mass killings, ], torture, ]<ref name="Hartjen" /> to political repression and suppression of ]. ] have taken place in the region since 1990. The ], ], ] and various ] groups have been accused and held accountable for committing severe human rights abuses against ].<ref name="Hartjen">{{cite book|last=Hartjen|first=Clayton|title=The Global Victimization of Children: Problems and Solutions|year=2011|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-4614-2178-8|edition=2012|author2=S. Priyadarsini |page=106}}</ref><ref name="Rnews">{{cite news|title=23 years on, Kashmiri Pandits remain refugees in their own nation|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/column/kashmiri-pandits-remain-refugees-in-their-own-nation/20120119.htm|accessdate=25 December 2012|newspaper=Rediff News}}</ref><ref name="Hindwan">{{cite journal|last=Hindwan|first=Sudhir|title=Policing the police|journal=Indian Defence Review|year=1998|volume=13|issue=2|editor1-first=Bharat|editor1-last=Verma|page=95|publisher=Lancer|issn=0970-2512}}</ref> A ] issue accused India of systemic human rights abuses, it stated that US diplomats possessed evidence of the apparent widespread use of torture by Indian police and security forces.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/16/wikileaks-cables-indian-torture-kashmir | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Jason | last=Burke | title=WikiLeaks cables: India accused of systematic use of torture in Kashmir | date=25 December 2012}}</ref> | |||
| ==== Indian security forces ==== | |||
| In July 1990 the Indian military was given special powers under an ] (AFSPA), which human rights groups claim gives the security force virtual immunity for crimes committed.<ref name="Egyesült">{{cite book|last=Egyesült|first=Államok|title=Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007|year=2008|publisher=House, Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations|isbn=9780160813993|page=2195}}</ref> The law provides them a shield, when committing human rights violations and has been criticised by Human Rights Watch as being wrongly used by the forces.<ref> ] retrieved 11 September 2012</ref> This law is widely condemned by human rights groups.<ref name="AI Press Release Feb 2012">{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2012/02/india-security-forces-cannot-claim-immunity-under-afspa-must-face-trial-violations/|title=India: Security forces cannot claim immunity under AFSPA, must face trail for violations.|last=|first=|date=7 February 2012|website=|publisher=Amnesty International|accessdate=22 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="TrustLaw">{{cite web|url=http://news.trust.org//item/20120307023000-i7m26/?source=search|title=Mass Rape Survivors Still Wait for Justice in Kashmir|last=Global Press Institute|first=|date=7 March 2012|website=|publisher=Thomson Reuters Foundation|accessdate=22 April 2017}}</ref> United Nations ] ] has urged India to repeal AFSPA and to investigate the disappearances in Kashmir.<ref name="Navi Pillay">{{cite web|title=India has duty to use global influence to speak out on human rights|url=http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=30280&Cr=india&Cr1=human+rights|publisher=United Nations News Service|accessdate=7 March 2012}}</ref> | |||
| {{quote|“All three special laws in force in the state assist the government in shielding the perpetrators of human rights violations from prosecution, and encourage them to act with impunity. Provisions of the Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act clearly contravene international human rights standards laid down in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as members of the UN Human Rights Committee have pointed out. One Committee members felt that provisions of the act – including immunity from prosecution – were highly dangerous and encouraged violations of the right to life“.|A clipping from a report published by the Amnesty International, 1995.<ref name="amnesty.org">{{citation|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA20/002/1995/en/42cb86f1-1ffe-4b90-a12d-c3f6f03b164d/asa200021995en.pdf |title=INDIA: Summary of human rights concerns in Jammu and Kashmir |publisher=Amnesty International |date=20 February 1995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210114936/http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA20/002/1995/en/42cb86f1-1ffe-4b90-a12d-c3f6f03b164d/asa200021995en.pdf |archive-date=10 February 2015 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | |||
| }} | |||
| {{quotation|According to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), in an area that is proclaimed as "disturbed", an officer of the armed forces has powers to:<ref name=afspa> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001190813/http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/Armed%20forces%20_J%26K_%20Spl.%20powers%20act%2C%201990.pdf |date=1 October 2008 }} Indian Ministry of Law and Justice Published by the Authority of New Delhi</ref> | |||
| *Fire upon or use other kinds of force even if it causes death, against the person who is acting against law or order in the disturbed area for the maintenance of public order, after giving such due warning. | |||
| *Destroy any arms dump, prepared or fortified position or shelter or training camp from which armed attacks are made by the armed volunteers or armed gangs or absconders wanted for any offence | |||
| *To arrest without a warrant anyone who has committed cognizable offences or is reasonably suspected of having done so and may use force if needed for the arrest. | |||
| *To enter and search any premise in order to make such arrests, or to recover any person wrongfully restrained or any arms, ammunition or explosive substances and seize it. | |||
| *Stop and search any vehicle or vessel reasonably suspected to be carrying such person or weapons. | |||
| *Any person arrested and taken into custody under this Act shall be made over to the officer in charge of the nearest police station with the least possible delay, together with a report of the circumstances occasioning the arrest. | |||
| *Army officers have legal immunity for their actions. There can be no prosecution, suit or any other legal proceeding against anyone acting under that law. Nor is the government's judgment on why an area is found to be disturbed subject to judicial review. | |||
| *Protection of persons acting in good faith under this Act from prosecution, suit or other legal proceedings, except with the sanction of the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by this Act.<ref name=afspa/>}} | |||
| On 26 February 2009 the Chief Minister stated the act should be repealed, the security forces however said that revoking the act would be detrimental to security and help terrorist moral, though the millitancy has declined the act is still in force<ref name=Chatterji>{{cite book|last=Chatterji|first=Angana P.|title=South Asian Feminisms|year=2012|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0822351795|page=195|editor=Ania Loomba, Ritty A. Lukose}}</ref> In 1992 the ] has described the abuses carried out as having "reached a staggering proportion" and that they were "unprecedented in its brutality".<ref name=ILO>{{cite book|title=Record of proceedings|year=1992|publisher=International Labour Organization|isbn=92-2-107530-3|page=88}}</ref> International NGO's as well as the US state department have documented human rights abuses carried out during India's counter terrorism operations, disappearances, torture and arbitrary executions have all been carried out with impunity.<ref name="Forsythe p.306">{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of human rights, Volume 1|last=Forsythe|first=David P.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0195334029|page=306}}</ref> | |||
| Human rights watch has also accused the ] of using children as spies and messengers,<ref name=Hartjen /> India army have targeted reporters and human rights activists, they have also been accused of committing over 200 rapes in an attempt to intimidate the local population.<ref name="Catherwood">{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of War Crimes and Genocide|last=Catherwood|first=Christopher|publisher=Infobase|isbn=978-8130903637|edition=1st|page=260|author2=Leslie Alan Horvitz}}</ref><ref name=Karatnycky>{{cite book|last=Karatnycky|first=Adrian|title=Freedom in the World: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties|year=2001|publisher=Transaction|isbn=978-0765801012|page=616}}</ref> Wikileaks cables are reported to contain material stating that the International Committee of the Red Cross briefed US officials in India, alleging that India "condoned" torture and that "sexual penetration" formed part of the maltreatment of victims. The ICRC alleged that of the 1296 detainees interviewed, 681 had reported of being tortured. Of those, 304 individuals complained of sexual torture/abuse.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8208084/WikiLeaks-India-systematically-torturing-civilians-in-Kashmir.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Nick | last=Allen | title=WikiLeaks: India 'systematically torturing civilians in Kashmir' | date=17 December 2010}}</ref> | |||
| In 2005 ] conducted a survey in Kashmir which found that the number of people who had witnessed a rape in Kashmir since 1989 was comparably far higher than the number of people who had witnessed a rape in other conflict zones such as Chechnya and Sri Lanka.<ref name=":32">{{cite journal|date=2014|title=Rape, Impunity And Justice In Kashmir|url=http://www.sociolegalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Rape-Impunity-and-Justice-in-Kashmir.pdf|journal=Socio-Legal Review|volume=10|pages=22|last1=Kazi|first1=Seema}}</ref> The survey found that 13% of respondents had witnessed rape and 11.6% of the interviewees had themselves been victims of sexual abuse since 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artsenzondergrenzen.nl/pdf/KASHMIRFINALVERSION221106.pdf|title=Médecins Sans Frontières – Kashmir: Violence and Health|format=PDF|accessdate=6 January 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108061947/http://www.artsenzondergrenzen.nl/pdf/KASHMIRFINALVERSION221106.pdf|archivedate=8 November 2013}}</ref><ref>, Combat Law, 10 October 2007</ref><ref name=":32" /> Dr Seema Kazi states that rapes committed by Indian security forces outstrips the rapes committed by militants in both scale and frequency.<ref>{{cite journal|date=2014|title=Rape, Impunity And Justice In Kashmir|url=http://www.sociolegalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Rape-Impunity-and-Justice-in-Kashmir.pdf|journal=Socio-Legal Review|volume=10|pages=23|last1=Kazi|first1=Seema}}</ref> Professor William Baker stated at the 52nd United Nations Commission on Human Rights that rape in Kashmir was an active strategy of the Indian forces to humiliate Kashmiri people.<ref>{{cite journal|date=2014|title=Rape, Impunity And Justice In Kashmir|url=http://www.sociolegalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Rape-Impunity-and-Justice-in-Kashmir.pdf|journal=Socio-Legal Review|volume=10|pages=28|last1=Kazi|first1=Seema}}</ref> | |||
| In April 2002, authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir arrested three Indian paramilitary soldiers following the gang rape of 17-year-old girl.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1940088.stm |title=SOUTH ASIA | Kashmir troops held after rape |publisher=BBC News |date=19 April 2002 |accessdate=10 March 2012}}</ref> In July 2011, there were anti-India protests in Srinagar against the alleged rape of a 25-year-old village woman in the village of Manzgam.<ref>{{cite web|author=From correspondents in Srinagar |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/kashmir-protests-alleged-rape-by-soldiers/story-e6freuyi-1226100366625 |title=Kashmir protests alleged rape by soldiers | thetelegraph.com.au |publisher=Dailytelegraph.com.au |date=23 July 2011 |accessdate=10 March 2012}}</ref> | |||
| In October 2011, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir apologised for the release of names, parentages and addresses of 1400 rape victims. However, no details were revealed as to whether the rapes were by security forces, militants or part of crime.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_718711.html |title=Kashmir leader apologises for rape victims list |publisher=Straitstimes.com |date=1 October 2011 |accessdate=10 March 2012}}</ref> Liaquat Ali Khan, an academic writer considers that these excesses in Kashmir do not have official sanction but are easy to commit because of the powers, to cordon and search villages and suburbs, that are vested to security forces by the law.<ref name="Khan2006">{{cite book|author=L. Ali Khan|title=A theory of international terrorism: understanding Islamic militancy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LZT6S_9QA7QC&pg=PA33|accessdate=13 March 2012|year=2006|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=978-90-04-15207-6|pages=33–}}</ref> The authorities use association with terrorists to discredit the testimony of the victims, in case the association is established.<ref name="Kumar2002">{{cite book|author=Anuradha Kumar|title=Human Rights|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hDtXKy85XdgC&pg=PA134|accessdate=13 March 2012|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-322-2|pages=102}}</ref> The security forces have carried out extrajudicial killings, assaults and other human rights violations.<ref name=Karatnycky /> An investigation by the Jammu and Kashmir state ] has found 2730 bodies in unmarked graves at 38 sites in northern Kashmir. At least 574 of these were identified as being local people.<ref name=HRW>{{cite book|last=Watch|first=Human Rights|title=World Report 2012: Events of 2011|year=2012|publisher=Seven Stories|isbn=978-1-60980-389-6|page=329}}</ref> | |||
| ==== Militants ==== | |||
| ''Further information: ] and ]'' | |||
| Reports from ], Human Rights Watch and the ] have confirmed Indian reports of systematic human rights violations by militants. The ] (JKLF) has also been blamed of carrying out human rights violations, ranging from kidnapping to ] of several hundred thousand ] ].<ref name="Forsythe2">{{citation|last=Tolley|first=Howard B., Jr.|title=Encyclopedia of Human Rights, Volume 3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1QbX90fmCVUC&pg=RA2-PA306&dq=encyclopedia+of+human+rights+jklf&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBoQ6AEwAGoVChMI1OqE_uf5yAIVxiOUCh38wQvs#v=onepage&q=encyclopedia%20of%20human%20rights%20jklf&f=false|year=2009|page=306|chapter=Kashmir|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|editor=David P Forsythe|isbn=978-0-19-533402-9|accessdate=23 September 2012}}</ref> A 2010 US state department report blamed separatist insurgents in Kashmir and other parts of the country of committing several serious abuses, including the killing of security personnel as well as civilians, and of engaging in widespread torture, rape, beheadings, kidnapping, and extortion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2010/sca/154480.htm|title=India; BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR: 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.|last=|first=|date=|work=U.S. Department of State|access-date=2017-04-22}}</ref> | |||
| During the ], terrorism by majority sect has specifically targeted the Hindu ]s minority and violated their human rights.<ref name="BBCuk">. BBC news.</ref> Reports by Indian government state 219 Kashmiri pandits were killed and around 1,40,000 migrated due to millitancy while over 3,000 stayed in the valley.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/24/stories/2010032461230900.htm|title=Front Page : "219 Kashmiri Pandits killed by militants since 1989"|date=2010-03-24|publisher=The Hindu|location=Chennai, India|accessdate=2012-08-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=731448|title=219 Pandits Killed in J&K Since 1989|date=|publisher=news.outlookindia.com|accessdate=2012-08-03}}</ref> Reports from ], Human Rights Watch and the ] confirmed Indian reports of systematic human rights violations by Pakistan-backed militants.<ref name="Forsythe p.306" /> | |||
| According to a report published by ''Asia Watch'': {{quote|In Kashmir, the militant forces do not control territory and their military operations are generally characterised by ambushes of government forces and hit-and-run attacks for which they rely on weapons such as AK-47s, grenades, mines and other small arms. However, the guerrillas command considerable support throughout the valley and may take refuge among local civilians following these operations. Unable to locate or identify the militants, government forces routinely respond to the attacks by retaliating against entire villages, killing and assaulting civilians and destroying their property.<ref name="Cashmere">{{cite book | authors=James Goldston, Patricia Gossman | title=Human Rights in India: Kashmir Under Siege | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jrGwSsSchRUC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA17&dq=indian+troops+in+jammu+and+kashmir&lr=&output=html_text | accessdate=25 December 2012 |year=2000 | publisher=Asia Watch Committee (U.S.), Human Rights Watch (Organization) | isbn=9780300056143 | page=19}}</ref>}} | |||
| According to a resolution passed by the ] in 2006, Islamic terrorists infiltrated the region in 1989 and forced most of the Kashmiri Pandits to flee Kashmir. According to the report, the population of Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir had declined from 400,000 in 1989 to 4,000 in 2011.<ref name="USHR">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/resolution-on-kashmiri-pandits-in-us-house/20110805.htm|title=Resolution on Kashmiri Pandits in US House|accessdate=5 August 2011}}</ref> | |||
| These groups targeted the ] forcing an estimated 100,000 to flee.<ref name="Catherwood" /><ref name="Aljazeera.Kashmir conflict">http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/kashmirtheforgottenconflict/2011/07/2011724204546645823.html</ref> | |||
| The ] have been accused of ] by using murder, arson and rape as a weapon of war to drive out hundreds of thousands of ] from the region.<ref name="Forsythe p.306" /><ref name="Flint">{{cite book|title=Introduction to Geopolitics|last=Flint|first=Colin|publisher=Routledge|year=2011|isbn=978-0415667739|edition=2nd|page=192}}</ref> On 25 January 1998, 23 ]s, including nine women and four young children living in the village of ], were killed by unknown persons wearing the uniforms of Indian Army soldiers, who had tea with them, waiting for a radio message indicating that all Pandit families in the village had been covered. Thereafter, they rounded up all the members of the Hindu households and then summarily gunned them down with ] rifles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtl.in/news/states/1705/the-massacre-at-wandhama--kashmir-:-25-january-1998/|title=The Massacre at Wandhama, Kashmir : 25 January 1998|date=|publisher=Ibtl.in|author=IBTL|accessdate=2012-12-25}}</ref><ref name="subcontinent.com">"". Retrieved 2009-11-25.</ref><ref name="rediff.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jan/27kash.htm|title='I heard the cries of my mother and sisters',''rediff.com''|date=1998-01-27|publisher=Rediff.com|accessdate=2012-12-25}}</ref><ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/archive_full_story.php?content_id=6689|title=I saw them kill my entire family ''IndianExpress.com''|date=2002-07-28|publisher=Indianexpress.com|author=PRADEEP DUTTA Posted: 28 Jul 2002 at 0000 hrs IST JAMMU|accessdate=2012-12-25}}</ref> | |||
| Hindu civilians have been subjected to rape and murder perpetrated by members of terrorist organisations like the ] and the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/19kanch.htm|title=19/01/90: When Kashmiri Pandits fled Islamic terro|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=2017-04-22}}</ref> Muslim civilians who are considered political opponents of terrorists or those who are believed to be informers have also been raped or murdered.<ref name="hrw1">, Asia Watch (A Division of Human Rights Watch) & Physicians for Human Rights.</ref> | |||
| ==Pakistan-administered Kashmir== | |||
| ===Azad Kashmir=== | |||
| {{main|Human rights abuses in Azad Kashmir}} | |||
| Pakistan, an Islamic Republic, imposes multiple restrictions on peoples' religious freedom.<ref name= UNHCRpak>{{citation |url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic,463af2212,469f2dcf2,487ca21a2a,0.html |title=Freedom in the World 2008 – Kashmir (Pakistan) |publisher=] |date=2008-07-02 |archive-url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic,463af2212,469f2dcf2,487ca21a2a,0.html |archive-date=2012-10-08}}</ref> Religious minorities also face unofficial economic and societal discrimination and have been targets of ].<ref name= UNHCRpak/> | |||
| The constitution of Azad Kashmir specifically prohibits activities that may be prejudicial to the state's accession to Pakistan, and as such regularly suppresses demonstrations against the government.<ref name= UNHCRpak/> A number of Islamist militant groups operate in this area including Al-Qaeda, with tacit permission from Pakistan's intelligence.<ref name= UNHCRpak/> As in Indian administered Kashmir, there have been allegations of human rights abuse. | |||
| A report titled "Kashmir: Present Situation and Future Prospects", which was submitted to the ] by ], was critical of the lack of human rights, justice, democracy, and Kashmiri representation in the Pakistan National Assembly.<ref>, ], 2006-12-08</ref> According to the ], Pakistan's ] operates in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and is involved in extensive surveillance, arbitrary arrests, torture, and murder.<ref name= UNHCRpak/> Generally this is done with impunity and perpetrators go unpunished.<ref name= UNHCRpak/> The 2008 report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees determined that ] was 'Not free'.<ref name= UNHCRpak/> According to Shaukat Ali, chairman of the International Kashmir Alliance, "On one hand Pakistan claims to be the champion of the right of self-determination of the Kashmiri people, but she has denied the same rights under its controlled parts of Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan".<ref Name =GIC>, German Information Center, New Delhi, 2008-04-12</ref> | |||
| ===Gilgit-Baltistan=== | |||
| The main demand of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan is a constitutional status to the region as a fifth province of Pakistan.<ref name = indian_express>{{cite web|author=Nadeem|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gilgitbaltistan-a-question-of-autonomy/519428/1 |title=Gilgit-Baltistan: A question of autonomy |publisher=Indian Express |date=2009-09-21 |accessdate=2012-12-25}}</ref><ref name = gilgit_polls /> However, Pakistan claims that Gilgit-Baltistan cannot be given constitutional status due to Pakistan's commitment to the 1948 UN resolution.<ref name=gilgit_polls/><ref name=dawn_gilgit>{{cite web|url=http://archives.dawn.com/archives/30198 |title=DAWN: Gilgit-Baltistan autonomy |publisher=Archives.dawn.com |date= |accessdate=2012-12-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601035500/http://archives.dawn.com/archives/30198 |archivedate=1 June 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2007, ] stated that "Almost six decades after Pakistan's independence, the constitutional status of the Federally Administered Northern Areas (Gilgit and Baltistan), once part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir and now under Pakistani control, remains undetermined, with political autonomy a distant dream. The region's inhabitants are embittered by Islamabad's unwillingness to devolve powers in real terms to its elected representatives, and a nationalist movement, which seeks independence, is gaining ground. The rise of sectarian extremism is an alarming consequence of this denial of basic political rights".<ref name=DAWN20090726>, '']'', 2009-07-26</ref> A two-day conference on Gilgit-Baltistan was held on 8–9 April 2008 at the European Parliament in ] under the auspices of the International Kashmir Alliance.<ref name=thaindian10037588>, ''Thaindian News'', 2008-04-13</ref> Several members of the ] expressed concern over the human rights violation in Gilgit-Baltistan and urged the government of Pakistan to establish democratic institutions and rule of law in the area.<ref name=thaindian10037588/><ref name=indianexpress556767>, '']'', 2009-12-20</ref> | |||
| In 2009, the Pakistan government implemented an autonomy package for Gilgit-Baltistan which entails rights similar to those of Pakistan’s other provinces.<ref name = indian_express/> Gilgit-Baltistan thus gains province-like status without actually being conferred such a status constitutionally.<ref name = indian_express/><ref name = dawn_gilgit/> The direct rule by Islamabad is replaced by an elected legislative assembly and its chief minister.<ref name = indian_express/><ref name = dawn_gilgit/> | |||
| There has been criticism and opposition to this move in Pakistan, India, and Pakistan administrated Kashmir.<ref name=DAWN20090830>, ], 2009-08-30</ref> The move has been dubbed as an eyewash to hide the real mechanics of power, which allegedly are under the direct control of the Pakistani federal government.<ref name=dailytimes2112010>, ], 2010-04-21</ref> The package was opposed by Pakistani Kashmiri politicians who claimed that the integration of Gilgit-Baltistan into Pakistan would undermine their case for the independence of Kashmir from India.<ref name = gilgit_polls>{{cite web|last=Shigri |first=Manzar |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/11/12/us-pakistan-election-idUSTRE5AB1ZE20091112 |title=Pakistan's disputed Northern Areas go to polls |publisher=Reuters.com |date= |accessdate=2012-12-25}}</ref> 300 activists from Kashmiri groups protested during the first Gilgit-Baltistan legislative assembly elections, with some carrying banners reading "Pakistan's expansionist designs in Gilgit-Baltistan are unacceptable"<ref name = gilgit_polls/> | |||
| In December 2009, activists of nationalist Kashmiri groups staged a protest in ] to condemn the alleged rigging of elections and killing of an 18-year-old student.<ref>, '']'', 2009-12-27</ref> | |||
| Large protests erupted during the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-12854-Tension-prevails-in-GB-after-Kohistan-killings |title=Tension prevails in GB after Kohistan killings |publisher=Thenews.com.pk |date= |accessdate=2012-10-04}}</ref> | |||
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Kashmir has been an undisputed ,yet divided territory with human rights abuses in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. While the state of J&K acceded to India with all legality and International norms , Pakistan started an Islamic proxy war in Kashmir and has since then been spreading and funding terrorist groups in Kashmir. The dispute began in 1947 with the partition of the British Indian Empire into India and Pakistan.
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