This is a
documentary that a reader of the blog thought might be of interest to other
viewers of ‘Turning Swords into Ploughshares’. It does
not make for pleasant viewing! I am not sure if it can be viewed outside of the
UK however I have listed the 4od links at the end of the descripton for further
research for readers.
For those that can view it, there are only 9 days left on 4od so please try to see it before it is no longer accessible.
11.10pm Tue 10 July 2012C4
DURATION: 48:06
In the most militarised place on
earth, one man is standing up to the armed might of the world's largest
democracy. Kashmir's Torture Trail follows a Kashmiri lawyer as he uncovers
India's best kept secret.
With the world's media attention
focused on repression in Syria and the threat to the Euro, the Indian state of
Kashmir, nestling in the shadow of the Himalayas, is in danger of becoming a
forgotten conflict.
But in 2010 this valley in the
shadow of the Himalayas erupted in some of the most violent street protests it
has ever seen. Hundreds of thousands of stone-throwing teenagers took aim at
heavily armed Indian Security Force troops, who returned live fire, with 118
demonstrators killed, many of them children, followed by a lockdown in which no
one could get in or out of the state.
Kashmiri lawyer Parvez Imroz has
never filed a divorce or defended a thief. Instead, this veteran Supreme Court
advocate has spent his entire legal career dressed in a grey morning suit and
working pro-bono.
Broke but determined, with two
young children and a wife who complain he has yet to take them on a picnic,
Imroz has always risked his life to keep the Indian authorities accountable in
this disputed mountain state where, unseen by most of the world, an insurgency
has rumbled on since 1989, claiming an estimated 70,000 lives.
Meeting the rioters to find out
why they risked their lives, and accompanying a local human rights lawyer
determined to investigate how India restored an uneasy peace, this powerful and
shocking film uncovers a state-sanctioned torture programme that has set India
on a collision course with the international community.
Links:
MONDAY 09 JULY 2012
The following links offer further
reading on the issues raised by Kashmir's Torture Trail.
Please note, the links are
external to Channel 4 and open in new windows.
True Vision
The production company behind
Kashmir's Torture Trail has a page with more information about the film.
International People's Tribunal
on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir
A report on how the lawyer Parvez
Imroz and his field workers uncovered a network of thousands of unmarked and
mass graves.
Human Rights Watch: India
A series of reports on human
rights in India.
Human Rights Watch: Torture
A series of reports on human
rights and torture around the world.
Human Rights Watch: India UPR
Submission
A Human Rights Watch update on
human rights breaches in India.
Human Rights Watch: Umarked
Graves in Jammu and Kashmir
A report calling for the
investigation into unmarked graves found in Jammu and Kashmir.
BBC News: The Future of Kashmir?
A BBC news report on the possible
solutions for the division of Kashmir.
BBC News: India-Pakistan:
Troubled Relations
A BBC news timeline of the
tensions between India and Pakistan from 1947 to 2001
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