Kashmiri novelist & journalist Mirza Waheed on the long history of Indian occupation forces using torture & extrajudicial executions in Kashmir:

“A young school teacher, Rizwan, was tortured to death in Kashmir. Now he is being blamed for his death. Torture in Kashmir is quite probably the most underreported story of the last thirty years. It’s systemic, endemic, and mostly unknown to the world.

If you really want to understand what goes on in Kashmir, look up “Kashmir’s Torture Trail”, Jezza Neumann’s award-winning documentary. You’ll be shocked, you’ll be disturbed, but you will have seen pictures of truth. Of course, not a single media house in India, newspapers and TV channels included, had the courage or journalistic integrity to show the documentary. In the documentary, you will see a man who survived forced cannibalism. He will show you his horrific scars and you must see them even if it spoils your day.

The Indian state has done unspeakable things to the Kashmiri body over the years. Just because a media, in full ideological accord with the state when it comes to Kashmir, won’t show it, does not mean it did not happen. Rizwan’s torture and murder is a consequence of the long and shameful silence over torture in Kashmir.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FdpaLuqOig&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0gltFTtByXaFFZ4YqS

“I’m not surprised that the state has filed an FIR against Kashmiri school teacher Rizwan who was killed in custody. I’m repulsed.”

–Mirza Waheed

(A FIR in India is a formal accusation of a crime committed by the young man murdered in police custody when it should be lodged against the state for his custodial torture & murder.)

On the horrific & chilling torture & murder of 28-year-old school teacher & political activist Rizwan Asad Pandit by Indian occupying forces in Kashmir:

According to the medical examiner’s report, “The blood loss in soft tissues due to multiple injuries was extensive internally, and this must have led to irreversible shock. There was no blunt injury or damage to the internal organs. He had cuts and injuries all over his body. He also had a haematoma (a solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues) in his left arm and eye. While ruling out a heart attack, the official said a “roller” may have been applied over his legs, causing the veins and arteries to rupture.

The family has said that Rizwan was ‘murdered’ in custody and alleged that his body bore torture marks. “Rizwan’s left eye had turned black, and the left side of his face was swollen. There were severe injury marks on his thighs… cut marks and deep burn marks were visible on his thighs… There were stitches on his head,” said his brother Mubashir.”

https://freepresskashmir.com/2019/03/21/custodial-killing-of-rizwan-initial-probe-says-he-might-have-died-due-to-multiple-injuries/amp/?fbclid