Comments by "Leslie Cheung" (@lesliecheung1478) on "J&K: 3 years after abrogation of Article 370, valley witnesses all-round development | Latest | WION" video.

  1. Torture is used as a systematic mechanism to create a fear-psychosis in the Kashmiri people and weaken the people’s resolve to resist the occupation. A report by the JKCCS & APDP in 2019 stated that torture is used against minor children, women, the elderly, students, political activists, journalists – essentially, any common Kashmiri can be picked up and tortured by the Indian army. Torture is used as a show of absolute power and to make examples out of people who are tortured, so that the entire society may submit to Indian occupation and colonialism.
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  2. India’s Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is a law that grants the Indian military wide powers to arrest without warrant, shoot-to-kill, and destroy property in so-called “disturbed areas.” Given the impunity the Indian army is granted through this law, it can use torture on any Kashmiri with absolutely no consequences. Not a single Indian armed officer has ever been prosecuted for their crimes in Indian-occupied Kashmir.
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  3. India’s systemic torture in Kashmir is a grave violation of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights prohibits torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. Articles 4 and 7 of the ICCPR explicitly ban torture, even in times of national emergency or when the security of the state is threatened and the government of India is a party to the ICCPR. India is also violating Article 3 in the Geneva Conventions. Torture, hostage-taking, and rape have all been prominent abuses by India in Kashmir, and it is evident that Common Article 3 forbids each of them. Rape also violates the ICCPR and Common Article 3 prohibitions on torture.
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  4. Torture is used as a systematic mechanism to create a fear-psychosis in the Kashmiri people and weaken the people’s resolve to resist the occupation. A report by the JKCCS & APDP in 2019 stated that torture is used against minor children, women, the elderly, students, political activists, journalists – essentially, any common Kashmiri can be picked up and tortured by the Indian army. Torture is used as a show of absolute power and to make examples out of people who are tortured, so that the entire society may submit to Indian occupation and colonialism
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  5. According to the Government of India, between August 2019 and November 2021, 87 civilians were killed by armed groups in Jammu & Kashmir....basically is faking it by saying no Civilians killed since 2019 when their own figures says 87 has been killed.
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  6. Torture is used as a systematic mechanism to create a fear-psychosis in the Kashmiri people and weaken the people’s resolve to resist the occupation. A report by the JKCCS & APDP in 2019 stated that torture is used against minor children, women, the elderly, students, political activists, journalists – essentially, any common Kashmiri can be picked up and tortured by the Indian army. Torture is used as a show of absolute power and to make examples out of people who are tortured, so that the entire society may submit to Indian occupation and colonialism
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  7.  @venstomon931  peace ? With 600k+ army in Kashmir and systematic torture of the people in Kashmir ?
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  8. Media reports suggest that at least 19 civilians have been killed in 2022
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  9.  @ravenking2458  According to the Government of India, between August 2019 and November 2021, 87 civilians were killed by armed groups in Jammu & Kashmir....basically is faking it by saying no Civilians killed since 2019 when their own figures says 87 has been killed. Media reports suggest that at least 19 civilians have been killed in 2022
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