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June 6, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Geelani seeks shifting of Kashmiri detainees Hurriyat hails Almaty pact
Azad as PCC chief turns poll campaigner Nine militants shot in J-K |
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Muslim saves Hindu from drowning
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Geelani
seeks shifting of Kashmiri detainees Srinagar, June 5 Addressing a press conference here today, a former Chairman of the APHC, Mr Syed Ali Shah Geelani, urged the authorities concerned to shift all those languishing in jails outside to various detention centres in the Kashmir valley. He alleged that no proper treatment was given to the political prisoners and many of them were languishing in various jails outside the valley and the state. He pointed out that those jailed included over 500 political leaders and workers, with many of them having been under detention for 10 to 14 years. Those jailed included nearly 25 women for over three years, he pointed out. Mr Geelani alleged that even the courts were not giving them proper justice. He added that, however, there was no other alternative than to approach the courts to challenge the illegal detentions. He added that the existence of the National and State Human Rights Commissions was, equivalent to zero as no relief was provided through these government institutions. The APHC leader alleged that the political prisoners were not differentiated from criminals in the jails. He alleged that it was under instructions from the authorities to harass the political prisoners. He claimed that legal assistance to political prisoners was disallowed and there were many cases of human rights violations and many of them faced rigorous imprisonment. He alleged that the
detinues were facing mental and physical torture from the moment they entered a detention centre, be it inside or outside the state. He also gave instances of those jailed for more than 10 years who included Noor Mohammad Kalwal and Showkat Bakshi. He said the families of many jailed people did not know their whereabouts. In this connection, he referred to 13 detenues in the Hazaribagh jail in Jharkhand, who had been reportedly missing and treated dead by their families, Mr Geelani also expressed concern over the ill-treatment meted out to senior APHC leader, Mohammad Yasin Malik, Jamaat leader, Qazi Abdullah, and others in different jails. |
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Hurriyat
hails Almaty pact Srinagar, June 5 He said the principle underlying political uncertainty in India and Pakistan had to be taken into consideration. Talking about Kashmir, he said its people should be involved. The APHC chairman said the summit recognised the right of self-determination, resolution of the issue under the UN charter and taking recourse to talks instead of violence. “This is significantly a different declaration signed both by India and Pakistan,” he said. He condemned terrorism in all forms and at all levels, adding that terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir was a matter of concern. He sought to draw a line between “freedom fighters and terrorists”. He said: Terrorists can not fall in thousands”. “We reject allegations regarding infiltration and cross-border terrorism”, Mr Bhat commented in reply to a question. He claimed that it was peoples struggle which was going on in Kashmir and was indigenous in form and content. Evading queries on the participation of the Hurriyat in the Assembly elections, he said it favoured elections. Toeing a Pakistani line, he said the Hurriyat would not enter into a dialogue with India until New Delhi agreed to include Islamabad in the parleys. “No border exists in Kashmir. It is the LoC that divides two parts of Kashmir. Why should the question of cross-border terrorism come up,” he said.
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Azad as PCC chief turns poll campaigner Uri, June 5 PCC chief Ghulam Nabi Azad accompanied by former PCC chief Ghulam Rasool Kar drove to this border township, 100 km north of Srinagar yesterday and lashed out at the central and state governments for expectations of the people. Hundreds of Congress supporters from various parts of the district attended the meeting. This was first public meeting of the AICC General Secretary and the CWC member, Mr Azad who recently was appointed J&K’s PCC chief in the Kashmir valley. Lauding troops and people of the area for defending the borders, Mr Azad described the role of Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee as “irresponsible”. He held that it was under the leadership of Mr Vajpayee that the troops were sent on the borders in Jammu and Kashmir in severe winter when the temperature dipped to minus 50°C, following an attack on Parliament House on December 13 last year. He added that the troops had to be deployed again in Rajasthan and Gujarat when the temperature touched plus 50°C. “The troops continue to live in these areas under severe weather conditions”, Mr Azad said. He also expressed concern over the condition of the migrants in the Jammu region. Referring to the Prime Minister’s recently package for Jammu and Kashmir, Mr Azad said it was misleading the people of the state and those outside. It was only because of such wrong policies of the Centre that Kashmiri youth had taken to the gun, he alleged. The PCC chief also blamed the Central Government for communal violence in Gujarat. He alleged that the BJP and the RSS were communal parties even criticised by the Hindu leaders of the country. In this connection he also criticised the National Conference, an ally of the NDA government, for not opposing the communal perspective of the BJP vis-a-vis Gujarat. “All countries from the USA to Bangladesh criticised the government for Gujarat incidents, but the NC was sleeping”, Mr Azad alleged. He added that the National Conference dismissed the issue as “an internal matter of the BJP. |
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Nine militants shot in J-K Jammu, June 5 According to the police, a joint operation was launched on the inputs furnished by the SSP Poonch, Dr Kamal Saini, in the Phagla forest area in Poonch today. A militant hide-out was cordoned off and the militants opened fire on the Army and the police team while escaping. The security forces retaliated, targeting the hide-out from four directions. The exchange of fire lasted for about two hours. After search operations six bodies of militants along with large quantities of weapons and ammunition were recovered from the site. Those killed included a foreign mercenary, Abu
Hamza, deputy district commander of Laskhar-e-Toiba. Two other militants were locals. SRINAGAR: At least seven persons, including three militants and an Army jawan, were killed in separate incidents while the security forces held two suspected militants in the Kashmir valley since yesterday. The police here said that three unidentified militants of the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami were killed in an encounter with the security forces at Nowgam
Verinag, in Anantnag district today. Two AK rifles, one pistol and two hand-grenades were seized from the site of the encounter. An Army jawan was killed when militants opened fire on a patrol party at
Shangus, Anantnag district yesterday. The militants managed to escape following the retaliatory action. Unidentified militants shot dead Bashir Ahmed, alias Bashir
Surma, in the Ganderbal area yesterday, a police spokesman said here. The police found the body of Nazir Ahmed Lone in the Tral area of Pulwama district today. He had been kidnapped by unidentified militants last night. An unidentified body was found from the Kokernag area of Anangnag district today. Two suspected militants of the Lashkar-e-Toiba were held from the Nowgam area of Budgam district today. Meanwhile, 12 Pakistan-trained militants today surrendered before authorities in Kupwara district, just days after a large batch of Hizbul Mujahideen ultras had given up arms in the valley. The militants, active in the
Handwara-Kupwara belt from eight years to one year, surrendered to the civil administration in the presence of the Commander, 7-Sector Rashtriya Rifles, Brig B S
Ghotra, at Drugmula.
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Muslim saves Hindu from drowning
Baramula, June 5 Poverty probably made Satarna take the extreme step and jump into the river, flowing towards Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, at Azad Gunj near here. However, throwing caution to the winds, Tariq Ahmad, sitting on the river bank, plunged into the gushing waters and saved Satarna. “It hardly matters to me whether the person saved was a Muslim or a Hindu,” Tariq said and added proudly that he saved an “insaan”. Satarna, who was taken home in a procession, promised that he would not repeat his act even if he and his family faced starvation. “It was a rebirth for me and Tariq came as an ‘avtaar’,” he said. UNI
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