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90 IPRI Factfile • August 2, 1996: Gowda tries to sweeten the deal for Kashmir: HD Deve Gowda, Prime Minister of India, reveals a package of economic benefits for Kashmir just before state elections scheduled for the following month. Gowda announces outstanding loans of up to Rs.50, 000 will be waived, Kashmir will receive special assistance of Rs.3.52 billion for developing infrastructure in the state. • September 14, 1996: APHC leadership arrested: Prior to elections for the state assembly, Indian troops arrest the APHC's entire leadership. • September 16, 1996: Elections held in Kashmir: Peaceful Assembly Elections in Kashmir • March 3, 1997: Mujahedeen reject carving up Kashmir: Kashmiri Mujahedeen reject the carving up of Kashmir between India and Pakistan. "The proposal for any kind of division of the state can never be accepted by the people of Jammu and Kashmir, and we will always oppose it," says Shabir Ahmed Shah, a Kashmiri leader. • March 28, 1997: India and Pakistan begin negotiations: Pakistan's Foreign Secretary, Shamshad Ahmad, and India's Foreign Secretary, Salman Haider, meet at the negotiating table for the first time in three years. The issue of Kashmir is high on the agenda. • March 31, 1997: Talks look hopeful: Pakistan and India end four days of talks aimed at reducing tension and agree to meet again in Islamabad. • April 22, 1997: Change in government elicits cautious reaction in Kashmir: The people in Indian administered Jammu & Kashmir react cautiously over the change of government in India. • May 12, 1997: India and Pakistan meet again: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Indian Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral agree to establish joint working groups to resolve all outstanding issues between the two countries since 1947. • May 15, 1997: Indian Government has been criticized by Amnesty and a party member from Jammu and Kashmir Amnesty saying Amnesty International has documented violations in Jammu and Kashmir including torture, rape, deaths in custody, extrajudicial executions and "disappearances" over a number of years. Investigation and prosecution in cases of human rights violations are rare, and armed forces have been given a free rein in the region
Whither Kashmir? with little civilian control over their operations and furthermore "Access to redress for victims of human rights violations, a right guaranteed under international law, is being denied to victims in Jammu and Kashmir,". The party member from Jammu and Kashmir said “It’s high time that the Government of India put an end to impunity for the perpetrators of human rights violations,” the organization said. Further more. "The arrest and detention yesterday evening of Yasin Malik and others can only serve to undermine the government’s stated commitment to human rights.” For example in an incident on 22 April, several armed forces personnel forcibly entered the house of a 32-year-old woman in the village of Wawoosa in the Rangreth district of Jammu and Kashmir. They reportedly molested her 12-year-old daughter and raped her other three daughters, aged 14, 16 and 18. When another woman attempted to prevent soldiers from attacking her two daughters, she was beaten. Soldiers reportedly told her 17-year-old daughter to remove her clothes so that they could check whether she was hiding a gun. They molested her before leaving the house. • June 22, 1997: India and Pakistan reach an agreement: Pakistan and India agree to establish a mechanism for enduring dialogue on issues between the two countries. • June 23, 1997: Kashmir is one of eight major issues: Pakistan and India pinpoint eight issues to be discussed in future talks including the issue of Jammu and Kashmir. However, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says the country maintains its stand on Kashmir. • June 25, 1997: India says Kashmir is not a "disputed territory": At the conclusion of a second round of talks in Islamabad, India rejects Pakistan's assertion that Jammu and Kashmir is a "disputed territory." Indian Foreign Minister, Salman Haider, says India will not discuss the status of Indian-held Kashmir with Pakistan. He says if anything is to be discussed it will be "Pakistan-held" Kashmir and northern areas illegally annexed by Pakistan. • July 27, 1997: Gujral does a turnaround: In a turnaround from the previous day's statement, Indian Prime Minister, Inder Kumar Gujral, says that Kashmiri Terrorists would have to surrender their arms before peace talks with the government could begin. • August 10, 1997: Increase in reports of harassment of Kashmiri women: Reports are coming through of Kashmiri women and girls 91
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