Human Rights

Srinagar, June 29 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, as many as 12 innocent Kashmiris, mostly teenagers have been killed since January, this year, due to the use of brute force by Indian troops on peaceful demonstrators.

In December 20, 2001, US scholar, Prof William Baker in his book Kashmir Happy Valley; Valley of Death, writes that Indian forces have closed more than 200 religious institutions and denied some 20,000 students the privilege of Islamic education. He saw charred remains of three destroyed Mosques. The remaining foundation structures and window frames were full of bullet holes. A Mosque near his houseboat was the scene of another slaughter by Indian forces. Fifteen Muslim worshippers including women, elderly men and children were killed in the Mosque with automatic weapons.