Independence for India came in August 1947 as the nation was divided in two parts India and Pakistan. Soon after the end of British rule in India, Kashmir saw itself in the middle of a new political instability as the tribesmen from the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) onf newly formed Pakistan started the invasion of Kashmir to liberate it from the Dogra ruler Maharaja (King) Hari Singh .Kashmir was pushed towards complete chaos and Indian leadership in New Delhi made a maximum use of this situation to occupy Kashmir because India knew that the people of kKasmir were not interested in merging with India .India used this opportunity and thus Maharaja (King) Hari Singh signed the controversial document of accession of Kashmir with India .Although there is no significance of that document as many historians argue that document was bogus and fraud other historians even comment that such document was never signed .As this document as per the Indian govt was signed on 26th October 1947 and thus paved the was for Indian army in kashmir .On very next day 27th October 1947 Indian troops were flown to Kshmir to push back the tribesmen , although it is also believed that Indian forces were to stay in Kashmir temporarily , now as 63 years have passed and they are still in Kashmir
The Indian army brought temporary to fight the invaders has permanently settled in Kashmir and holds a worst record is Kashmir. Indian forces have been entitled to gross human rights violations in kashmir valley.They have been accused of killings, rapes , using lethal and unlawful methods of torture in Kashmir of which the Indian government is only a mute spectator and has authorized the forces to go on rampage in Kashmir ,, the monstrous laws like ARMED FORCES SPECIAL POWERS ACT (AFSPA) . This is a controversial law giving Indian forces license to kill any one any were .many innocent kashmiris have fallen to this law and.Public safety act or PAS is another weapon in their hands under which any one can be arrested without any charge only on the bases of mear suspection and can be sentenced to about 2 years in jail without any legal aid.These laws were introduced when the armed struggle against Indian rule broke in early 90's . This resistance was brutally crushed and thus paving way for the most bloodies 20 years since 1947.It was then the innocent killings , disappearances , rapes became regular things in Kashmir and International news papers were now and then filled with the stories of human rights abuse .numerous massacres have been carried out by Indian forces in this region where they started indiscriminate firing on the people on the roads or the peaceful processions , the motive behind civilian killings was to unleash the terror among the common people so that they may not join this armed struggle and strictly maintain the Indian rule .
During that time in 90"s the crackdown was a regular exercise and civilians were asked to gather in big grounds and then the identity parade was conducted . During the parade the youths were picked randomly bundled into the army vehicles and were taken to undisclosed locations and after few days their dead body was handed over to their families , usually the bodies used to be damaged beyond recognition and the parents wanted to know the crime of their son why he was killed , the answer they never got. On other occasions the dead bodies were not even given back to the family and were buried at some unknown locations with serial numbers attached to the graves .In recent past there are hundreds of mass graves that have been uncovered in the remote areas of Kashmir and a report in this regard has been submitted to the UN .
Thousands of Kashmiri youths have disappeared in the past 20 years . Usually picked up by Indian forces they never uses to return back home.There is no police record of these custodial disappearances .The family members have no idea about their loved ones and Indian authorities have no answer to these queries .ASSOCIATION OF PARENTS OF DISAPPEARED PERSONS(A P D P) is such organization which is constantly demanding the whereabouts of these disappeared persons but they have failed to make any breakthrough.The families of the disappeared have presumed them as dead and are now demanding the dead bodies .This organization has no hope that their genuine demands will be heard but still they have not given up and still are fighting for their loved ones who perished at the hands of Indian forces.
The women of Kashmir have also faced the brutality of Indian forces as countless number of women(including minors) have been reaped by the men in uniform .In villages a women every forthright became their victim . The army men in civil uniforms used to barge into the houses and locked all the immate in one room on gun points and the women was raped in other room until the other villagers could come to rescue .One such example is a village named KUNGPOSHPORA where about 100 women were raped by Indian forces in one night alone , they acted like beasts oh that night .Women have also suffered miserably under the military occupation of Kashmir
Many cases and inquiries were set up against the army but nothing came through as it was a mere eyewash for the people of Kashmir. Indian government has given free hand to its forces in Kashmir and is in no mood to entertain the pledges made by Kashmiri against the men in uniform
Indian judicial system has betrayed kashmiris
