International Day of Disappeared persons: Kashmir’s ‘blunt’ history was on display Srinagar: In the international Day of Disappeared persons, Kashmir’s blunthistory was on the display at Pratap Park Srinagar where colours of agony, pain, sorrow and distress fluttered in air. Scores of local students affiliated with Music and Fine Arts while expressing solidarity with the families of disappeared persons put thoughtful paintings on display depicting the agony of those parents who die and sigh every time to know the whereabouts of their loved ones. Scores of families of disappeared persons gathered at Pratap Park located in the middle of City Centre Lal Chowk. Parents, young and old, brothers and sisters and better halvesof disappeared Kashmiri youth carried photographs of their loved one’s seeking their whereabouts. “Mylone son Shabir Ahmed Dar was picked up by BSF from Rajbagh 13 years ago. He was a cloth merchant, just 25 years old when he was subjected to enforced disappearance,”an elderly Muhammad Subhan of Noor Bagh told CNS. Association of Parents of DisappearedPersons (APDP) Chairperson, Parveena Ahangar said that two recent cases of enforced disappearances have surfaced from Gool area of Ramban. “Two youth aremissing from Gool area Ramban and we had invited their parents as well to participate in today’s peaceful sit-in. A human rights activist demanded naming and shaming of those responsible for the disappearance of people. “The institutional culture of institutional culpability and impunityhas resulted in enforced and involuntary disappearance of at least 8,000 persons. This is a crime against humanity. The government of the day is also complicit in this crime against humanity,” he said. An elderly woman Taja Bano from Beerwa Budgam while narrating her tale said that Army picked up her son during a nocturnal raid in 1998. “Thatwas the last day when I saw his face. We left no stone unturned in tracing him out but all our efforts proved futile,” she said. Separatist leaders including Liberation Front Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik participated in peaceful sit-in and expressed solidarity with the affected families. Local youth painted their bodies withdifferent slogans. “I am a local youth having no affiliation with any party. The slogans you see painted on body could give you an idea that I like other Kashmiri people demand stern punishment for the those Indian Army and BSF personnel who are responsible for the disappearances of innocent Kashmiri youth,” a protestor told CNS. Young boys and girls displayed paintings on the occasion, which depicted the agony and distress of affected families.
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:10:40 +0000
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