(India) 'Bear killing bad, but what about Kashmiris?' JKLF asks Maneka

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'Bear killing bad, but what about Kashmiris?' JKLF asks Maneka

GK NEWS SERVICE

 

Srinagar, Dec 21: The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has reacted

strongly to animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi's statement on the killing of a

bear in Tral last week that Kashmiris were " inhuman. "

A JKLF spokesman in a statement here Thursday said, " Entire world knows how

kind-hearted Kashmiris are and they don't need a certificate from anybody. "

 

The spokesman said Maneka had met the JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik in 2000

when he was undergoing treatment in a Delhi hospital. " That time Malik told her

bluntly that she expresses anguish and concern whenever an animal is killed. But

when it comes to human rights violations in Kashmir, where women and children

are being killed, she prefers to remain quiet. "

 

While responding to the query, Maneka, according to the JKLF spokesman, said,

" Kashmiris deserve to be killed as they themselves are responsible for what they

are facing. "

 

" Our open question to Maneka is how can a woman, who justifies the killings of

children and women be concerned about the rights of animals? " the spokesman

added.

 

Lashing out at TV channels for blowing the bear-killing out of proportion, the

JKLF spokesman said, " It is amazing that these channels remain aloof when any

innocent Kashmiri is killed by Indian soldiers. "

 

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*I am as concerned about human rights violations in Kashmir as any Jammu and

Kashmir Liberation Front commander; in fact I am in regular touch with an

author who has written a book that challenges the status quo of Kashmir(The

book was banned in India and was published initially from London; it is now

available here though) . However, my concern for human rights does not

incite me to stone, hammer, kick and set alight any animal. As the saying

goes, " Two wrongs do not make a right. " I am somewhat at a loss to

understand the JKLF argument that implies that setting alight and

torturing a non human creature somehow promotes human rights.*

 

On 12/22/06, Cate <cateanna wrote:

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> 'Bear killing bad, but what about Kashmiris?' JKLF asks Maneka

> GK NEWS SERVICE

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> Srinagar, Dec 21: The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has

> reacted strongly to animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi's statement on the

> killing of a bear in Tral last week that Kashmiris were " inhuman. "

> A JKLF spokesman in a statement here Thursday said, " Entire world knows

> how kind-hearted Kashmiris are and they don't need a certificate from

> anybody. "

>

> The spokesman said Maneka had met the JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik

> in 2000 when he was undergoing treatment in a Delhi hospital. " That time

> Malik told her bluntly that she expresses anguish and concern whenever an

> animal is killed. But when it comes to human rights violations in Kashmir,

> where women and children are being killed, she prefers to remain quiet. "

>

> While responding to the query, Maneka, according to the JKLF spokesman,

> said, " Kashmiris deserve to be killed as they themselves are responsible for

> what they are facing. "

>

> " Our open question to Maneka is how can a woman, who justifies the

> killings of children and women be concerned about the rights of animals? "

> the spokesman added.

>

> Lashing out at TV channels for blowing the bear-killing out of proportion,

> the JKLF spokesman said, " It is amazing that these channels remain aloof

> when any innocent Kashmiri is killed by Indian soldiers. "

>

>

>

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