Salim, I was not mentioning about this group... Do you think the coverage of the media in such a serious matter justifiable?
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:00 PM, salimtk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > '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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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