Jessie Lucas
Dec 4th 2009
12:20 PM
This week I chose an article about Kashmir. Reciently somewhere around two thousand six hundred bodies have been discovered in unmarked and mass graves in the mountails of Kashmir (which is controlled by India) There has bee na massive reble firght for independence in the area and more than eight thousand people have disappeared since 1989. The government has often been accused of killing rebels as well as citizens. A three year survey was being conducted, which lead to the discovery of the graves. They don't yet know who is in the graves (or if they do, they aren't telling) but this discovery has become a major part of the human rights investigations in the area.
Okay so this is the last time you will all hear from me...sad I know! For my last entry I decided to address the issue that had come up through many of my articles which was people "disappearing". Well apparently they didn't jump on an airplane and get lost on some semi deserted island with polar bears and a smoke monster! Well over two thousand bodies have been discoveder and it is believed that these are some of the eight thousand people who have disappeared over the years. I think its terrible that a government could do this to its people. It is also unfair that the families did not get to have closure with the deaths of their loved ones. I just hope they get some peace now and the bodies can be identified and properly burried.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/world/asia/03briefs-Indiabrf.html
1 comment:
I found the statement that "many militants have been killed in fighting with security forces and that their bodies are often buried in unmarked graves" to be pretty interesting. Odd that they wouldn't see a good reason to report where, why, who, etc... Kinda has the potential for a sweeping justification.
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