Muslims ruled the subcontinent for centuries under Mughal
reign. Hindus although under Mughal reign, were under their control. After the
British invasion of the Golden land, Hindus were again under external command.
The British held the Subcontinent for nearly a century but had to leave
resulting in the transfer of reins to the natives. Being home to many religious
and ethnic groups, the Subcontinent could not be handed over to any player
against the distrust of millions so the British decided to make autonomous
bodies and gave them the right to opt for either of the majority groups, Hindus
and Muslims. The land which now forms part of Pakistan was Muslim majority
topography and the forming India was a Hindu dominant land.
The pursuit of autonomy was an ultimate battle of
survival for Muslims and has been providing time and again since the separation
of India and Pakistan. Hindu, unable to come into absolute power even once,
distressed and frustrated, started oppressing all the minority faith groups on
the Indian land they could not get their hands on, may it be Muslims, Sikhs or
Tamils. More than 00 million Sikhs live in India today and they are primary
target of Hindu oppression. The aggression of the Indian extremist Hindu
element which was projected all over the subcontinent during the separation has
spread all over the India.
Being an overwhelming majority Hindus were able to violate
all the International HR laws. United Nation Human Rights Council and UN
General Assembly have crafted some country-specific rubrics which India is
reluctant to maintain. HR is considered a supreme responsibility of the state
as a whole. India exploited the inviolability of the Human Rights in Kashmir,
Pnjab, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur and many other localities. India-held
Kashmir is and was the affected place where ill-treatment is even hard to
state.
Kashmir, despite evident Muslim majority, fell prey to
Hindu monopoly during separation and part of it was held by India with force.
The ratio of Hindu to Muslim population is 1 to 5 which is a sure shot Muslim
claim. Indians played the card with force and have made numerous attempts to
transform Kashmir into an Indian majority state and converting Muslims into
minority. Kashmir dispute is by far the oldest unresolved dispute of its nature
in international history. Anything suppressing with force backfires and so did
the Muslims of Kashmir who started fighting for their right of sovereignty in a
place heavily dominated by Muslims in term of number. To curb this and similar
liberation campaigns India has introduced Armed Forces special Power Act
(AFSPA). AFSPA owned by the state of Hindu extremist majority is behind all
holocausts in India.
BJP came into power I the year 2014 with an apparent
agenda SAB KA SATH SAB KA VIKAS that is taking everybody on board
irrespective of religion and creed. The ground realities since then were a
complete denial to the states decree. Mob attacks Muslims throughout 2017-2018
were common practice of extremist Hindu groups backed by BJP government.
Likewise, it has been the deadliest year Muslims of Kashmir with over 500
citizens killed by Indian forces. A total of about 100000 Kashmiri Muslims have
been killed since India took over and deployed its forces against unarmed
citizens, according to some HR groups which Indian Officials claim to be an
exaggerated figure. Use of pallet guns has become a norm with around 4000 registered
cases, and thousands went unnoticed.
These atrocities were not limited to Muslims only. Sikhs
simultaneously were struggling for their right of freedom. They suffered
similar violence. Mass murders of Sikh and their liberation movement for an independent
Sikh state took new height. The idea was first explicitly mentioned in the New
York times by Jagjit singh Chohan. Proceedings in the Sikh referendum;
Khalistan 2020; India blamed Pakistan for facilitating the freedom movement in
Indian Punjab. Pakistan denied the allegations and termed it as India’s own
misconduct.
The liberation voices in Kashmir and Indian Punjab were
repeatedly propagated to United Nations by Human Rights Watch, but India
continues to abstain from all the international HR laws. India upholds its own
laws which severely contradict UNHCR out of sheer aggression against the
threats of its wrongdoing. Sedition and defamation laws deprive freedom of
speech against tyranny. Detection Laws under public safety act has been misused
by extremist Hindu rulers of state against minorities.
The tales of Indian atrocities do not end here; Indian
state is party to various serious human rights violations including sexual
harassment, enforced disappearance of minority community people, torture and killing
in the name of religion and state security. India today stands as Rapist capita
of the world with the numbers of sexual violence on rise. It is found to be
most dangerous country for women according to various international surveys.
These violations pave the way in human trafficking, forced marriages and human
slavery which pose a threat to entire world in general and south and central
Asia in particular. All these violations are condemnable at international
level.
Pakistan has raised the issue of genocide in Kashmir and
was strongly opposed by India by vague explanations. On the other hand, is not
only a strong advocate of peace in the region but also is a living for its own
minorities and inside the country. Especially minorities find safe home in Pakistan
as compared to India. With the Pakistani initiative of Kartarpur corridor,
Pakistan has projected its minority friendly stance in front of the world and
is highly welcomed by the Sikh community but has infuriated Indian government
which posts Indian Anti-minority stand. Sikh community thanked Pakistan and
gesture was appreciated on all international forums.
India
till date has not signed the convention against torture. Pakistan needs to
highlight this issue and pin it with severe human Rights violations in IHK.
Pakistan should seek support of regional powers like China, Russia and central
Asian states on the massive Indian HR violations in order to realize the dream
of lasting peace in the region.
