December 6 was Eid day. The whole of Brangdara village, angry and agitated was on road protesting the atrocity committed by an officer of the local army unit.(link via Anand) Posted by shanti at December 30, 2002 11:12 AM
Armymen opened fire on the protesters, killing one and injuring three others. Next morning, the villagers blocked the road and a huge contigent of ‘saviours of Kashmiris’ from Shabir Shah to the Hurriyat leadership rushed to the spot to join the protests. Human rights—they cried in unison—had been violated.
However when the entire family of Ghulam Qadir Dar was massacred by militants in Sopore village, the family mourned their tragedy alone. Nobody sympathised with them.
Nobody came out on the roads. Nobody protested. There were no calls of protest from the Hurriyat. No leader visited the family. This cold-blooded massacre was not even mentioned in streetcorner gossip.
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