A Report on current uprising in Kashmir 30th June 2010 Inshah Malik

Compiled pictures of the innocent civilians and children killed so far by the troopers in Kashmir

From Left to Right: Firdous Ahmed, Shakeel Ahmed, a!amul bashir, aukeer Ahmed, Rafi" #angroo, Sa!ad $alla, %ahid faroo", &nayat Khan, %ubair Ahmed, 'ami" faroo", ufail Ahmed and #ilal Ahmed(

he current state politics is moving in a deadly direction )here the State of *ammu and Kashmir headed by Chief $inister +mar Abdullah has almost declared a death sentence over the entire Kashmir valley( 'hile making statements about the present situation during a ,ress Conference held on -. th *une -/0/, Abdullah along )ith the central government authorities gave a clean chit to CR,F, )ho supported by black la)s like AFS,A have been violating the basic right to life of people in Kashmir( he State government asked people to desist from protesting against the deaths of the youth and has imposed a stringent curfe) all over the valley( he &ndian national media portrayed the people1s uprising as something instigated by the ,akistan based mentors completely sidelining the issues at hand( #y painting the present situation in Kashmir as a 2conspiracy against his government1 he has given an

impression as if the protests and blood that is daily being spilled on the streets of Kashmir is !ust to unstable his government( 'hile his recent statement gives more teeth to his troopers in Kashmir one )onders if 3elhi has some concern about the )ay all this is being interpreted on the streets of Kashmir( he year -/0/ has been marked as the 2year of teenage killing1 in Kashmir for the reasons that are obvious to people( Since *anuary -/0/, 04 children have been killed by the &ndian troopers so far( Reoccurrence of such incidents often forces people to take to streets( he common man on the street interprets such killings as genocide(

&nayath Khan killed by the troopers on *an 5, -/0/

+n *an 5 -/0/, &nayat Khan a 04 year old boy became the first victim of this military madness for the year( &nayat had !ust passed his SSC e6ams )ith e6cellent numbers( +n this fateful day, )hile going for the tutions he )as shot do)n by the troopers in budshah cho)k Srinagar( &nayat lives close to another &nayat )ho )as a musician and )as killed by the troopers in -//4( 7o) both of them a)ait !ustice in oblivion(

'ami" Faroo" )as shot do)n by the troopers on *an 08 -/0/

&n the same month on *an 80 -/0/, 'ami" faroo" a 08 year old from Raina)ari )as playing in the 9hanni $emoria Stadium( he troopers )hile chasing a group of protesters entered the stadium and fired a teargas shell from a close range leaving 'ami" a brilliant student and only hope of his parents dead(

%ahid Faroo" killed by the troopers on Feb :, -/0/

Five days later on Feb : -/0/, %ahid Faroo", a 04 year old boy, only son of his parents )as shot dead by the troopers( &n another case on April 08 -/0/, %ubair Ahmed #hat, a 0; year old boy )as sitting on the banks of the river *ehlum )ith his friends )hen the troopers came and forced them to !ump into the river( 'hile most of them could cross the river, %ubair struggled the nearby boatmen attempted to rescue but the troopers fired teargas shells at them and %ubair dro)ned, he )as a student from Sopore and used to )ork as a part time labourer in Srinagar( ,olice closed the file labelling it as an accident and ignoring this eye)itness account( *ust after a months gap 2*une1 has become the most dreaded month of the year -/0/ for the most the people have lost hope and faith in the state run !ustice mechanisms( ufail Ahmed a 0; year old boy from Sadakadal Srinagar had !ust passed his SSC e6aminations )ith a distinction and )as killed by the troopers( +n : th *une -/0/, ufail )as playing in the 9hani $emorial stadium )hen he )as shot dead( <e received a firearm in!ury in his head leaving his brain into pieces on the grass(

ufail Ahmed killed by the troopers on : *une, -/0/

$ohd Rafi" #angroo1 family had already lost seven family members already to the troopers and he )as )orking as a sha)l )eaver( +n 0. *une he )as caught by the army and beaten up, he had a battle for his life and finally he passed a)ay( +n -/ th *une -/0/, 3uring his funeral procession, the anti government slogans )ere raised to )hich the troopers retaliated )ith gunshots killing Rafi"1s another cousin named *aved Ahmed $alla( *aved )as 0; and )orked in a bag manufacturing company in Khonmoh and had discontinued studies due to family1s ab!ect poverty(

Rafi" Ahmed #angroo Succumbed to in!uries after troopers mercilessly thrashed him on 05th *une -/0/(

,eople had not even grieved on this properly )hen the situation )orsened on *une -: th -/0/ )hen the troopers conducted a fake encounter in 7orth Kahmir1s Sopore area( he people protested the killings in the fake encounter, troopers )ent berserk and entered a farm and killed firdous Ahmed Kakroo a 0; year old boy )ho )as doing his daily farming( +n the same day they also shot Shakeel Ahmed an 05 year old electrician )ho )as on his )ay to market to buy some electrical stuff(

Shakeel Ahmed shot dead on -:th *une -/0/ by the troopers

+n *une -; the local people in Sopore to)n plunged on the roads to sho) discontent against the state1s rampant killings( #ilal Ahmed a -- years old boy )as )atching at a distance the procession moving on )hen the troopers attacked it and shot bilal in his throat and he died on spot(

#ilal Ahmed Shot dead on -;th *une( -/0/

+n *une -5th -/0/, From 7orth Kashmir the troopers killing spree started in the South kashmir1s #aramulla to)n( aukeer Ahmed a . year old and a!amul #ashir a -/ year old )ere both shot dead by the troopers

+n *une -.th -/0/, &shtiya" Ahmad Khanday =0:> son of 9hulam $ohammad Khanday, &mtiya? Ahmad &too=05> son of 9hulam $ohammad &too from S K Colony &slamabad and Sa!ad Ashraf #aba =0.> son of Late $ohd Ashraf #aba =0.> )ere reportedly present in a la)n )hich belongs to one of the victim1s family( Chasing the protesters in &slamabad to)n, S<+ Ayoub Rather =&slamabad> and S<+ Rauf Ahmed =$attan> along )ith t)o sub@inspectors namely $asarat alam and ,arvei? Ahmed barged into the la)n and reportly fired at si6 youth after lining them up, out of )hich t)o &shtiya" Ahmed =0:> and &mtiya? Ahmed =05> died on spot and Shu!at ul &slam =0.> along )ith three others )as rushed to 3istrict hospital Anantnag( From there, because of his critical condition Shu!atul &slam )as directed to S$<S hospital but on his )ay he passed a)ay( Among three others hospitalised at the 3istrict hospital, one is reported to be fighting his death )hile t)o others are said to be safe and recovering(

&mtiya? Ahmed shot dead by the troopers on *une -. th, -/0/

&shtiya" Ahmed shot dead by the troopers on *une -. th, -/0/ Living in Kashmir is an hour by hour e6perience, people are locked up under curfe) and completely the state government has shunned its people( 7o) the "uestion is the angry unarmed people )ill protest that1s )hat the mind set has become, so ho) many more )ill be killed is )hat the )ait is forA