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Social Activists take to Twitter as the Kashmiri tied to military jeep video goes viral
Global Village Space |
Screenshots from a video of a Kashmiri protester tied to an Indian military vehicle, to use him as a “human shield” against demonstrators pelting stones, has gone viral.
The video is from the recent by-poll election in Srinagar on April 9, the capital of India’s northernmost state Jammu and Kashmir. More than eight Kashmiris were killed and dozens more were wounded during the election as Indian security forces opened fire on protesters. The Indian government has said that dozens of military personnel were injured by protesters pelting stones.
Pro-independence protesters boycotted the elections and a little over 7 percent of the 1.2 million registered voters in Kashmir participated in the by-poll. The elections for a vacant seat in the lower house of the Indian Parliament Lok Sabha recorded the lowest voter turnout in the history of the region.
Read more: Indian Kashmir: From Pellet Guns to Developmental Projects?
More than half a million Indian military personnel are deployed in India’s northernmost state Jammu and Kashmir, which remains one of the most densely militarized zones in the world. Many Kashmiris reject Indian rule over Kashmir and have been fighting for independence or a merger with Pakistan, since 1989.
The larger Kashmir region was geographically divided between India and Pakistan when the two became separate states in 1947. In Indian-ruled Kashmir, where an independence movement as been heating for decades, more than 70,000 people have been killed reportedly by Indian security forces, amidst reports of serious human rights violations by the Indian government under the guise of the 1978 Public Safety Act and the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Both provide the basis for military impunity in the region.
Read more: Deaths and injuries sustained by Kashmiris: Majority vote by staying away from State By-election
During the recent clashes, the heat of the violence was felt on social media.
Read full article:
Social Activists take to Twitter as the Kashmiri tied to military jeep video goes viral
Global Village Space |
Screenshots from a video of a Kashmiri protester tied to an Indian military vehicle, to use him as a “human shield” against demonstrators pelting stones, has gone viral.
The video is from the recent by-poll election in Srinagar on April 9, the capital of India’s northernmost state Jammu and Kashmir. More than eight Kashmiris were killed and dozens more were wounded during the election as Indian security forces opened fire on protesters. The Indian government has said that dozens of military personnel were injured by protesters pelting stones.
Pro-independence protesters boycotted the elections and a little over 7 percent of the 1.2 million registered voters in Kashmir participated in the by-poll. The elections for a vacant seat in the lower house of the Indian Parliament Lok Sabha recorded the lowest voter turnout in the history of the region.
Read more: Indian Kashmir: From Pellet Guns to Developmental Projects?
More than half a million Indian military personnel are deployed in India’s northernmost state Jammu and Kashmir, which remains one of the most densely militarized zones in the world. Many Kashmiris reject Indian rule over Kashmir and have been fighting for independence or a merger with Pakistan, since 1989.
The larger Kashmir region was geographically divided between India and Pakistan when the two became separate states in 1947. In Indian-ruled Kashmir, where an independence movement as been heating for decades, more than 70,000 people have been killed reportedly by Indian security forces, amidst reports of serious human rights violations by the Indian government under the guise of the 1978 Public Safety Act and the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Both provide the basis for military impunity in the region.
Read more: Deaths and injuries sustained by Kashmiris: Majority vote by staying away from State By-election
During the recent clashes, the heat of the violence was felt on social media.
Read full article:
Social Activists take to Twitter as the Kashmiri tied to military jeep video goes viral
