'cold response' sounds like an allegation. before also some members came up and did the same about the cold response on dalit related mails. do u think silence is always condemnable?
On 5/1/08, Afthab Ellath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was mentioning about our cold response to this report... Did we take it > as a serious matter? I worry, we didn't > > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 1:19 PM, salimtk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> afthab, >> u mean the report of mass grave at uri area in kashmir is wrong? or the >> civil society responses and actions to it? >> what is wrong if the reporting and the actions done in the name of indian >> democracy? >> >> >> >> On 5/1/08, Afthab Ellath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> This is quite odd... Why Kashmir is excluded from our consciousness? I >>> would like to believe that this report is not true... But if it is, this is >>> done in the name of Indian democracy, that we are responsible for... >>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Anivar Aravind < >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: *Khurram Parvez* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> >>>> >>>> ASSOCIATION OF PARENTS OF DISAPPEARED PERSONS >>>> >>>> >>>> ___________________________________________________________________________ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _Press Release_ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> / /*/28^th April 2008/* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> This is exactly one month after we released a report of a fact finding >>>> mission on nameless graves and mass graves in Uri area titled 'Facts >>>> Under Ground' which evoked response from the media, human rights groups, >>>> politicians and political formations of various hues, civil society and >>>> people at large. >>>> >>>> We want to utilize this occasion to appreciate, thank and >>>> criticize the concerned on their response; and to make requests and >>>> demands for fresh, comprehensive and sustained responses from the stake >>>> holders i.e. the local and international civil society and HR Groups, >>>> Political formations and resistance Groups, local and international >>>> media, lawyers' groups, international humanitarian agencies and people. >>>> >>>> First of all we appreciate the local print media for the coverage given >>>> to the report. We urge for a sustained campaign of follow up reporting >>>> to build a more compelling case for urgent international expert and >>>> humanitarian intervention in order to initiate credible measures to >>>> establish the identity of those buried in these graves and seek linkages >>>> with the thousands subjected to Enforced Disappearance by the state >>>> security agencies in Kashmir from 1989 till date. The families of the >>>> disappeared have neither the resources nor the expertise to carry out >>>> either the job of comprehensive reporting or the task of scientific >>>> exhumation and identification of those buried in these nameless graves >>>> and mass graves. >>>> >>>> We have received more reports of the existence of mass graves and >>>> nameless graves, some of which has already been reported by a section of >>>> the local press. We expect people and the media to be more proactive in >>>> reporting about the existence of such graves with all the available >>>> detail and local narratives about them. This will bring their existence >>>> into public knowledge and thereby help in safeguarding the grave sites >>>> from tampering. We request the people to take all steps necessary to >>>> safeguard these sites from any kind of interference till such time as we >>>> are able to garner the support and intervention of internationally >>>> credible expert and humanitarian bodies to undertake a thorough exercise >>>> of identifying these bodies. We believe some of those subjected to >>>> enforced disappearance are buried in these graves and the process of >>>> identification, that we are demanding, will provide some relief to the >>>> families whose kin have disappeared, will enable a decent burial of the >>>> victims and contribute to producing the necessary evidence against the >>>> perpetrators thus help in breaking the culture of impunity enjoyed by >>>> the state security agencies. It is the moral and humanitarian duty of >>>> the local people to do whatever is possible to safeguard these sites and >>>> the bounden duty of the local media persons to take extra pains to >>>> unearth these skeletons and ferret out the truth in all its ugly detail. >>>> >>>> We expect the local lawyer community to take up the issue in the >>>> relevant forums, file PIL and undertake a legal campaign to force the >>>> Government and its security agencies to come out with verifiable truth >>>> and fix responsibility for these crimes as it is the government and its >>>> security agencies who are the ultimate repositories of information about >>>> these graves and also about those disappeared involuntarily while in >>>> their custody. >>>> >>>> We impress upon the local political formations of all hues >>>> to encourage people to provide more information about these and other >>>> grave sites and to take necessary measures to safeguard these sites from >>>> tampering or interference considering them as an extremely sensitive and >>>> a sacred trust with them. >>>> >>>> We express our satisfaction at the issue of comprehensive >>>> statements by various humanitarian groups particularly the Amnesty >>>> International and the Asian Federation Against Involuntary >>>> Disappearances (AFAD) demanding that India should investigate all >>>> allegations of enforced disappearances in Jammu & Kashmir following >>>> reports of mass graves. >>>> >>>> We expect the international humanitarian bodies particularly >>>> the Amnesty International and AFAD to initiate steps toward >>>> implementation of their demands by lobbying with the relevant credible >>>> international bodies. >>>> >>>> We also urge the ICRC, which is operating in Kashmir to >>>> volunteer their expertise on this issue. >>>> >>>> We understand the callous attitude of the state security >>>> agencies in dismissing our findings as a result of their direct >>>> involvement in these crimes as is borne out by the various fake >>>> encounters and custodial killings documented and reported extensively. >>>> We believe that this callous and inhuman attitude of the security >>>> agencies springs from the culture of impunity produced as a result of >>>> the draconian laws operating in Jammu and Kashmir, which do not allow >>>> the families of the victims to pursue their cases productively. >>>> >>>> We believe that this report should be a cause of alarm for >>>> those with a human heart and a concrete basis for the international >>>> expert groups and humanitarian and human rights bodies for initiating an >>>> urgent action to probe the matter. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Spokesperson >>>> >>>> Ghulam Nabi Mir >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> > > > -- > Regards > > Afthab Ellath --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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