Action Alerts
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Massacre
of Kashmiri Pandits The cowards behind the latest outrage are unlikely to identify themselves. But there can be do doubt that the latest massacre is a desperate bid by those eager to communalise the Kashmir issue to sabotage any effort towards ensuring the return of the Kashmiri Pandits to their homes. Our hearts go out to the survivors of the carnage in particular, and the Kashmiri Pandit community in general, the overwhelming majority of whom have been condemned to live the life of refugees in their own country because of Pakistan-aided terrorism in the Valley. We demand an urgent review of the security arrangements for Kashmiri Pandits throughout the Valley and immediate and adequate compensation for the families of those killed by the J&K government. The J&K chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed has called it “[an] unpardonable crime by militants to derail the peace process initiated in J&K by the coalition government.” He has also said he has asked the security forces to launch a massive manhunt and bring the killers to the book for "these gun-wielding militants deserve no mercy." However,
we also demand a thorough investigation in the security lapses that
turned the vulnerable Kashmiri Pandits into easy targets of mass
murderers who pretend to be serving lofty causes.
Signatories: Javed
Anand (Co-editor, Communalism
Combat, Mumbai) Teesta
Setalvad (Co-editor, Communalism Combat, Mumbai) Javed
Akhtar (Poet and Lyricist) Shabana
Azmi, (Rajya Sabha MP, social activist and actress). Dr.
Agni Shekhar (Panun Kashmir) Askok
Pandit (Panun Kashmir) Mahesh
Bhatt, Film director Farooque
Shaikh, films, theatre and TV personality Nikhil
Wagle, Editor, Apla Mahanagar Sajid
Rashid, Editor, Hindi Mahanagar Hasan Kamal, Lyricist and Columnist Gulam Mohamed Peshimam,Businessman Sushobha Barve, Social Activist Javed Siddiqui, Writer Aslam Parvaiz, Advertising Farrukh S. Waris, Educationist Syed Firoz Ashraf, Social Activist Yacoob Rahee, Writer, Social Activist Fazal Shaad, Social Activist Abdulkader Mukadam, Columnist, Social Activist Khan Ahmed Ali, Social Activist Vaqar Kadvi, Social Activist Shamim Tariq, Social Activist Salem bin Razak, Social Activist Muqaddar Hameed, Writer Khan Ayub, Social Activist Salim
Alware, Social Activist
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