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How Do You Think Of A Mass Grave?
By Suhail Akram When you think of a mass grave, what do you think? Do you think of it as a warm grassy patch of land in some distant meadow wedged between the lofty mountains with little or no tombstones and just rectangular pieces of clay protruding here and there numbered two hundred fifteen two hundred sixteen two hundred seventeen and so on and so forth…? Or do you think of it as a proper cemetery … Read entire article »
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‘A thousand ft deep gorge where crows are eating corpses’ and other tales from Kashmir
By Muzamil Jaleel For the first time ever, the J-K Legislative Assembly discussed the issue of ‘unmarked graves’ for more than two and half hours. Srinagar: For the first time ever, the J-K Legislative Assembly discussed the issue of “unmarked graves’’ for more than two and half hours where a ruling NC legislator gave a long and heartrending description of how his neighbors and friends disappeared after being arrested by security forces from home, another NC legislator … Read entire article »
Filed under: Politics
DNA Profiling Of Bodies In Unmarked Graves: SHRC
Fahad Shah In a significant development, the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) today called for the constitution of an “independent duly representative structured body having due credibility fully empowered to go in all questions regarding unmarked graves” and in North Kashmir districts these graves be identified through DNA testing and other modern scientific techniques. The Chairperson of SHRC, M A Kawosa in an order issued here said, “The dead bodies in unmarked graves referred to and listed in the … Read entire article »
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