These young men in Budgam, Kashmir are protesting the Indian Army execution of 25-year-old Mehrajudin Shah who was shot in the back & then vilified as lawless. Young men are a primary target of the occupying army & such a fate is possible for any of these young guys whether they are protesting or just driving to work like young Mehrajudin. That is exactly what Riyaz Naikoo meant when he said, “Occupation bullets do not make a distinction between civilians & fighters, nor do its prisons.” A Kashmiri can be an armed militant or an apolitical civilian but the Indian Army makes no distinction when it comes to dispensing violence.
Stand with Kashmiris & demand the immediate, unconditional withdrawal of all Indian forces from Kashmir.
(Photo by Umer Asif, posted May 15, 2020)
Retired Indian Army Major Gaurav Arya who was once part of the occupying army in Kashmir tweeted his view of the cold-blooded execution of Mehrajudin Shah: “CRPF jawan did the right thing & I support him. When a soldier stops you in an area where there is terrorism, don’t make the mistake of believing that his gun is ornamental. He has orders to shoot to kill.”
Guarav is the same amoral ass who wrote to Kashmiri youth in the 2016 uprising: “My issue is not with the Kashmiri youth’s having a complaint with India & that complaint finding its expression in protests. My issue is with Pakistan deliberately fanning strife in Kashmir. My issue is with Hurriyat getting daily wage labourers to throw stones at security forces & putting women & children in front as shields. You say that kids are killed. I ask, what’s a 5-year-old doing outside when stone pelting is going on? Why was he brought outside? You make it sound like someone entered a house, deliberately chose a 5 year old & said “Great…let’s shoot him”. No. These kids are brought outside so that when there is teargas, firing & confusion the kid gets hit in the chaos & Hurriyat can then have a funeral photo op.”
The photo is Kashmiris, who the ass accuses of using their children as human shields, mourning the death of Mehrajudin Shah.
(Photo from AFP, posted May 15, 2020)
Images like this woman carrying stones to protesters against the execution of Mehrajudin Shah make it difficult to impose the Islamophobic rubbish about saving Muslim women on the Kashmiri struggle against Indian colonialism & occupation.
(Photo by Umer Asif, possted May 14, 2020)
Women honoring the corona lockdown with masks carry stones to the stone pelters at the massive protests in Kashmir against the summary execution yesterday of 25-year-old Mehrajudin Shah by Indian occupying forces. Consider that during a deadly pandemic, Indian forces are subjecting Kashmiris to such barbarism that they have to leave quarantine to defend their young.
(Photo by Pulitzer winner Dar Yasin/AP, posted May 14, 2020)
My little Chihuahua Annie-Lucia (I like to give my rescue animals fancy names) began convulsing & crying & I prepared myself for losing her. I rescued her six years ago along with her little girl Bijou who was later killed chasing a car. It took Annie-Lu a while to adjust to a family but she’s a little sweetheart who is always at my side & helps me corral dogs I’m trying to rescue. She’s also a rascal who bit a park worker, was quarantined, & had me in court for her bad behavior. The judge favored rescue dogs & she didn’t impose a fine.
The vets are packed out & I had to get an emergency appointment for curbside vet treatment. She cost me a fortune but the first dose of several meds eliminated the convulsions. She has other maladies which always come with rescue dogs who’ve been surviving on grass & garbage. But it’s a good day knowing the little rascal will be okay.
(Photo is Annie-Lucia)
“Please don’t lie & don’t twist facts. Please don’t issue fake statements. It is absolutely wrong to claim that my son tried to escape & didn’t stop. He was not such type of man. The reality is that he was stopped, dragged out from the vehicle & shot dead…. If my son was escaping & he was fired upon, why there is no damage to his vehicle? How bullets pierced into his body without touching the windscreen of the vehicle. There is no damage to the vehicle. My son was shot dead by CRPF after dragging him from the vehicle.”
–Ghulam Nabi Shah, father of Mehrajudin Shah (via Magray Ishtiyak)
