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96 IPRI Factfile • September 24, 2004: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Musharraf meet in New York during UN General Assembly. • January 8, 2005: 11 killed in sectarian violence in Gilgit in Pakistan administered Kashmir. • February 15, 2006: United States Congress passes a resolution condemning ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Pandits by Islamic militants in Kashmir. • April 30, 2006: 2006 Doda massacre of Hindus. • July, 2006: Second round of Indo-Pakistani peace talks. • Feb, 2007: Samjhauta Express firebombed, 67 killed. • June, 2007: Two Indian soldiers have been paraded naked for allegedly attempting to rape a girl in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. • Nov 2007: Human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and the Human Rights Watch (HRW) have condemned human rights abuses in Kashmir by Indians such as "extra-judicial executions", "disappearances", and torture; and have asked India to repeal the "Armed Forces Special Powers Act". • June 2008: Amarnath land transfer controversy. Huge anti-India protests were held against the transfer of land to SASB (shrine board), which was an outside state organization, as it was a direct violation of article 370 of the Indian constitution. • August 13, 2008: After the Hindu-Muslim clashes in the town of Kishtwar, Doda district, India gave shoot on sight orders in Kishtwar. Kishtwar witnessed violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims on 12 August that left at least 28 people dead, while at least two people were killed as a result of alleged police firing. Amnesty International asked India to rescind the shoot on sight order. • August 25, 2008: All anti-Indian, separatist and Islamist organisation leaders arrested due to their uncontrolled anti-Indian activities, to restore the law and order in the Indian-administered Kashmir. • August 27, 2008: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is concerned about the recent violent protests in Indianadministered Kashmir that have reportedly led to civilian casualties as well as restrictions to the right to freedom of assembly and expression. …
Whither Kashmir? • December 24, 2008: 2008 Kashmir Elections: Assembly elections held in Jammu and Kashmir. With a record turnout of 62 per cent - the highest in 20 years. • December 30, 2008: Omar Abdullah of National Conference chosen the new Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir takes oath on January 5, 2009, becoming the 11th and the youngest Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. • February 21, 2009: Bomai Killing: Army kills two devotees in an indiscriminate firing incident by 22nd Battalion of Rashtriya Rilfes in Bomai, Sopore, which results in massive valley-wide protests. • March 06, 2009: Nowhatta Killing: Army vehicle killed one youth and crushed another at Nawhatta during a protest against detention of separatist leaders. The killing triggered violent protests across the city. Authorities clamped curfew continuously for four days. • March 18, 2009: Khaigam killing: Barely a few hours after the union home minister, P Chidambaram, assured action against troopers found guilty for Bomai killings, 181 bn of paramilitary CRPF troopers shot dead a carpenter, Ghulam Mohiudin Malik son of Muhammad Akbar Malik, at Khaigam Pakherpora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. • March 23, 2009: UN Commissioner for Human Rights Navnetham Pillay asked India to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act which breaches contemporary international human rights standards. She also asked the government of India to address the cases of alleged disappearances in Kashmir. 16 militants from Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and 8 India army soldiers were killed in five day long gun battle in Shamsabari. • April 20, 2009: Senior separatist leader Sajjad Lone took part in the Indian democratic process by contesting in the Indian 2009 Lok Sabha elections from the Kupwara-Baramullah constituency. However, he lost the elections coming in third behind the winner Sharifuddin Shariq of the National Conference and PDP candidate Mohammad Dilawar Mir. • May 18, 2009: Extrajudicial killing of a civilian, Manzoor Ahmad Beigh, in the custody of Special Operations Group of Indian police triggered massive anti-India protests near his residence at Alochi Bagh. 97
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