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Showing posts with label extra judicial killings. Show all posts

Thursday, 12 June 2025

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 163 of 2025

1354hrs:

Another blistering day. Today is definitely my last day at home before I venture back out to Sharda for a few days. 

We still have our eyes on completing the last 2 remaining subdivisions (tehsils) of 35 in total viz. Hattian & Leepa. 

We are giving a few more days to our Jhelum Valley district administration to sort themselves out, else we mobilise a large number of our public to bring their inhumane activities to the fore.

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The following is the direction that the Pakistani State is dragging the people of AJK towards:


Here's the text of the tweet elaborating on this poster:

๐Ÿงต Thread: Justice for Zarnosh & Jabran – Victims of Extrajudicial Killings In Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
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Two brothers.
Two funerals.
No trial.
No FIR.
Zarnosh Naseem & Jabran were killed without due process, labeled “terrorists” without proof, and denied basic legal rights.
This is a fight for truth and accountability.
#JusticeForZarnosh #JusticeForJabran
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Zarnosh was in police custody for 13 days.
Then released.
Weeks later, falsely linked to a murder he didn’t commit — on a day he was at a family wedding (with proof).
When he refused to do their dirty work, they hunted him.
Then killed him.
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His wife, Umme Ahmed, breaks her silence:
“He wasn’t a terrorist.
He was running for his life from the real criminals in uniform.
Even animals weren’t harmed by him — yet he was branded a terrorist.”
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Jabran – another innocent man – was also killed.
No investigation.
No accountability.
No explanation.
Just silence.
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The state arrested elderly women, tortured his aunt, and terrorized the family.
Yet, for 8 months, with all their force, they couldn’t catch him — because he didn’t commit any crime.
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This isn’t just about Zarnosh & Jabran.
It’s about the right to due process, the abuse of power, and fabricated labels used to silence dissent.
What happened to them can happen to anyone.
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๐Ÿ“ข We demand:
•Judicial inquiry into the killings
•FIR for Jabran’s murder
•Transparent investigation
•End to false “terrorism” labels
๐Ÿ—“️ On June 12, Zarnosh’s family will gather at Bagh DC Office.
Join them. Raise your voice. Stand for justice.
8/
History will ask:
Where were you when they were killing sons without trials?
If we stay silent now, we fail them — and ourselves.
✊๐Ÿฝ Speak up.
Retweet.
Show up.
#StopExtrajudicialKillings @UNHumanRights @UN @hrw @amnesty @BBCWorld @cnni #RulingEliteAJK
#JusticeForZarnosh
#JusticeForJabran
#HumanRights #POJK
#PakistanOccupiedKashmir

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The above referenced tweet can be accessed here . 

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On external interference from a global academic perspective, by the increasingly consulted American economist Jeffrey David Sachs:


The above is a lesson in geopolitics for my compatriots, many of whom continue to practice the centuries old strategy of seeking external assistance, while hollowing out local agency.

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Returning back home:

(Video to be inserted for context)

Forest fires in AJK are a daily occurrence and I have taken pains over the past 2 decades to explain to my co-citizens that there is no system of governance in the territory. 

It is not even being administered by anybody - evidence is abundant - and nature is crying out for relief. 

If we ignore nature, the latter will hit back hard. 

I thus propose emergency measures to be taken by the public of district Kotli, as that is where I originate from and I know plenty of nouveau riche of the district who have employed helicopters for their children's exuberant weddings. 

A man (or woman) is born, grows up, reaches old age and usually dies without hitting a century. 

Our trees take centuries to grow and the system of governance pre 1947 - despite its autocratic tendencies - had stringent laws to protect our forest cover. A normal man would struggle to walk through them on account of their density. 

If anybody in the district has an immediate and practical solution to eliminate the damage from forest fires then they should meet me at the district courts complex in Kotli tomorrow. 

If there is no such person or plan then I would suggest the public of district Kotli assist me in implementing such a plan forthwith. 

I am an independent action-oriented public policy researcher operating on the ground in AJK since April 2005.

I for one, cannot afford to witness further human-induced environmental calamities, destroy the most precious territory in the world. 

The essence of self-determination as enunciated in the UN Charter provides international legal grounding for the public of district Kotli to immediately address the decades old absence of an administration or government in the territory. 

JKA PUBLIC AGENCY Note: #EUPV203912062025

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Wednesday, 3 April 2019

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 93 of 2019

0022hrs:

I have spent the better of yesterday evening and into this morning studying the information surrounding the eventual death of 28 year old Raja Waqar Turk in CMH (Civil & Military Hospital) Muzaffarabad at 9.25 pm (02/04/19).

He was allegedly brutalised by representatives of the Muzaffarabad police after an incident at around 11.15 pm on Thursday night (28 March) and had been on a life support machine since.

Here's a Facebook link to the news as it broke from sources at the hospital:



0829hrs:

Unfortunately, as I'm in a remote village I am unable to bring you the comprehensive report as wished, as yet. There has been a phenomenal amount of investigative work done by civil society, particularly in Muzaffarabad. I wish I could show you photo and video footage but I'm also without my toolkit, thus have limited functionality.

I haven't slept all night as I've been in almost constant interaction, both at home and abroad.

Here's a news summary by Shams Rehman for JKTV:

Waqar Turk death was an accident or murder?

Who are the people in CCTV with sticks/batons?

Is police involved in the death of Waqar?

28 years old Waqar Turk died at 9.25pm in CMH Muzaffarabad reportedly following a fall from a local building in Khawaja Bazar near Khalid Photo studio under highly suspicious conditions. According to some reports he was followed and tortured by police before the fall and police allegedly made him fall or even threw him down. While police claims that they never attended the place of the incident, the eyewitnesses report that police was seen chasing and beating Waqar on the roof after 11pm on Thursday 28th March.

Right now protests are taking place in the capital city of Pakistani-administered 'azad' Kashmir. The Deputy Commissioner has arrived and a demand has been put on him by the relatives and protestors to register FIR against the police, who people recorded approaching the site of accident on CCTV at the time of the incident.

Previously parents were assured by DSP Riaz Mughal that a thorough investigation would be carried out to reach to the bottom of the matter and bring any one responsible to the court of law.

End of Shams's summary.....

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Shortly after, I forwarded the following update on various social media platforms:

Eye witness accounts corroborate CCTV evidence of alleged Muzaffarabad (City Thana) police involvement in brutality of now deceased Raja Waqar Turk. His post mortem also confirms torture marks before he allegedly 'fell' off a roof in the commercial hub of Khwaja Bazaar.



It should be pointed out in public interest, that I had explained in detail the proclivity towards violence of the current administration in AJK, a couple of months ago.

Day 31 of 2019

On the 7th of March last year I had also warned the administration (Tehsildar Mushtaq) of the likelihood of serious casualties if they tried to forcibly control public protests near the LOC in Poonch in future. This was a day after they had used strong-arm tactics to disperse a public rights agitation in Dwarandi, tehsil Hajeera. Barely a few kilometres from where Naeem Bhat was fatally shot 9 days later, on the 16th of March (2018).

They listen but don't act.

(Update): 1600hrs:

Our background research into Raja Waqar Turk's alleged police murder indicates that the public of Muzaffarabad has been increasingly incensed over the past few months, particular over the allegedly unlawful behaviour of Muzaffarabad police. Raiding people's houses without legal process and extorting benefits just like in Indian popular cinema, have almost become a norm. Two sub-inspectors, namely Zia ul Islam and Manzar Chugtai have become particularly notorious in the city for such aforementioned behaviour.




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Jammu Kashmir TV in the UK has conducted a programme on this killing:



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(Update) 2359hrs on 05/04/19 (Day 95):

Evidence in the case is being heavily tampered with:



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(Update) 1500hrs on 10/04/19 (Day 100):

I have finally managed to slot in a detailed report on the alleged murder of Raja Waqar Turk by representatives of the Muzaffarabad police.

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(Update) 2000hrs on 20/04/19 (Day 140):

This video involves a conversation with Raja Waqar Turk's family outside the Sessions Court in Muzaffarabad on the 11th of May. This was the 4th hearing in the case (Not the 3rd as described in the video):



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Corrections:

In such a society that is legally and constitutionally a black hole for all intents and purposes, obtaining the correct information from sources at first instance is truly difficult:

Examples:

- The initial age of the murdered Raja Waqar Turk was provided as 28. It wasn't until further investigation that his age was established as 32.

- The commentary in the video above described this as the 3rd hearing. However, during discussion it emerged that this was indeed the 4th hearing.

Our society has not been taught to give attention to detail and neither has it been taught to value investigation or research. This is a learning process and I hope our society can learn fast so that it can equip itself better to fight for justice, using peaceful means.

The difference between 'Might is Right' and 'Right is Might' is research and evidence. We have no doubts over what formula has been drilled into the people since 1947.






Daily Diary (DD) - Day 268 of 2026

1134hrs: Day 113 and our fight for internet connectivity has got to be regarded as our toughest battle during this war.  ....