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Genocide Watch, a global organisation dedicated to the prevention of genocide, has issued two warning alerts for India – one for the occupied territory of Kashmir and the other for Assam state.
According to the website, a ‘Genocide Watch’ warning is declared by the NGO when there are signs of the early stages of a genocide in progress.
Founded by academic Dr Gregory Stanton in 1999, the organisation exists to predict, prevent, stop, and punish genocide – as defined in the Genocide Convention – and other forms of mass murder.
The most recent genocide alert issued by the organisation was for occupied Kashmir, in which it identified the genocidal process, based on Dr Stanton’s 10 Stages of Genocide, to be far advanced:
Classification: Hindu and Sikh Indian army “us” vs Kashmiri Muslim civilian “them”
Symbolisation: Muslims have Muslim names (on ID cards), Kashmiri language, dress, mosques
Discrimination: Hindu pandits were economically dominant until 1990; BJP reasserted Hindu power
Dehumanisation: Muslims are called “terrorists”, “separatists”, “criminals”, “insurgents”
Organisation: 600,000 heavily armed Indian army troops and police dominate occupied Kashmir
Polarisation: Modi and the BJP incite anti-Muslim hatred; social media spread falsehoods
Preparation: The Indian army occupies Kashmir; BJP leaders speak of the
“Final Solution” for Kashmir Persecution: Kashmiri Muslims are locked down, subject to arrest, torture, rape, and murder Extermination: Since 1990, there have been at least 25 massacres by Indian troops as well as Muslim fighters with death tolls over 25
Denial: Modi and BJP say their goals are to “bring prosperity” and “end terrorism”; they deny any massacres. No Indian Army troops or police are ever tried for torture, rape or murder
In view of these developments, Genocide Watch has called upon the United Nations and its members to warn India not to commit genocide in occupied Kashmir.
At least 4,000 people, mostly young men, have been detained in Indian-occupied Kashmir since a security lockdown and communications blackout was imposed to curb unrest after New Delhi stripped the disputed region of statehood.
Kashmiri men sit on a footpath outside a police station waiting to hear about their relatives who were detained during night raids in Srinagar, on August 20. ? AP
The crackdown began just before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist-led government on August 5 stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its semi-autonomy and its statehood, creating two federal territories.
Genocide Watch, a global organisation dedicated to the prevention of genocide, has issued two warning alerts for India – one for the occupied territory of Kashmir and the other for Assam state.
According to the website, a ‘Genocide Watch’ warning is declared by the NGO when there are signs of the early stages of a genocide in progress.
Founded by academic Dr Gregory Stanton in 1999, the organisation exists to predict, prevent, stop, and punish genocide – as defined in the Genocide Convention – and other forms of mass murder.
The most recent genocide alert issued by the organisation was for occupied Kashmir, in which it identified the genocidal process, based on Dr Stanton’s 10 Stages of Genocide, to be far advanced:
Classification: Hindu and Sikh Indian army “us” vs Kashmiri Muslim civilian “them”
Symbolisation: Muslims have Muslim names (on ID cards), Kashmiri language, dress, mosques
Discrimination: Hindu pandits were economically dominant until 1990; BJP reasserted Hindu power
Dehumanisation: Muslims are called “terrorists”, “separatists”, “criminals”, “insurgents”
Organisation: 600,000 heavily armed Indian army troops and police dominate occupied Kashmir
Polarisation: Modi and the BJP incite anti-Muslim hatred; social media spread falsehoods
Preparation: The Indian army occupies Kashmir; BJP leaders speak of the
“Final Solution” for Kashmir Persecution: Kashmiri Muslims are locked down, subject to arrest, torture, rape, and murder Extermination: Since 1990, there have been at least 25 massacres by Indian troops as well as Muslim fighters with death tolls over 25
Denial: Modi and BJP say their goals are to “bring prosperity” and “end terrorism”; they deny any massacres. No Indian Army troops or police are ever tried for torture, rape or murder
In view of these developments, Genocide Watch has called upon the United Nations and its members to warn India not to commit genocide in occupied Kashmir.
At least 4,000 people, mostly young men, have been detained in Indian-occupied Kashmir since a security lockdown and communications blackout was imposed to curb unrest after New Delhi stripped the disputed region of statehood.
Kashmiri men sit on a footpath outside a police station waiting to hear about their relatives who were detained during night raids in Srinagar, on August 20. ? AP
The crackdown began just before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist-led government on August 5 stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its semi-autonomy and its statehood, creating two federal territories.
