International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir
Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Commission
Papa II
1990
Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus
1990 Gawkadal massacre
1990 Zakoora and Tengpora massacre
1991
1991 Kunan Poshpora incident
1993
1993 Lal Chowk fire
1993 Bijbehara massacre
1993 Kishtwar massacre
1993 Sopore massacre
1995
1995 kidnapping of Western tourists in Kashmir
1996
Murder of Jalil Andrabi
1997
1997 Sangrampora massacre
1998
1998 Wandhama massacre
1998 Chapnari massacre
1998 Prankote massacre
2000
2000 Chittisinghpura massacre
2001
2001 Kishtwar massacre
2001 Chalwalkote massacre
2002
2002 Kaluchak massacre
2002 Qasim Nagar massacre
2002 Raghunath temple attacks
2003
2003 Nadimarg Massacre
2004
2004 Teli Katha massacre
2006
2006 Doda massacre
2009
2009 Shopian rape and murder case
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The Bijbehara Massacre[1][2] took place when 74th Battalion Border Security Force (BSF) fired upon protesters in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, India on 22 October 1993, killing 51 civilians. In the official version of events, BSF had only acted in self-defense when fired upon by militants; however, this narrative was rejected by Human Rights Watch citing the 1993 U.S. Department of State country report on human rights in India which said, "Despite government claims that the security forces were ambushed by militants, only one BSF sub inspector was injured."[3]
The protests had erupted over the siege of the mosque in Hazratbal.[4][5][6] The number of reported dead and wounded vary by source. Amnesty International reported that at least 51 people died and 200 were wounded on that day, which included incidents in Srinagar and Bijbehara. The UN Refugee Agency reported 35 dead and about 76 wounded, citing news reports in The Times. The Times of India reported 37 dead.[7]
The Indian government conducted two official enquiries and the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) conducted a third. In March 1994 the government indicted the Border Security Force (BSF) for firing into the crowd "without provocation" and charged 13 BSF officers with murder. A nonpublic General Security Force Court trial conducted in 1996 led to their acquittal.[7][8] When the NHRC sought to examine the transcripts of the trials in order to satisfy itself that the BSF had made a genuine attempt to secure convictions, the Vajpayee government refused. The NHRC then moved the Supreme Court for a review.[9] Faced with the Government's non-cooperation, the NHRC finally dismissed the case.[10] On 10 September 2007 the Jammu and Kashmir High Court ordered the state government to pay restitution to the victims' families.[11]
List of the Martyrs of Bijbehara town buried in Mazar-e-Shuhada, Bijbehara, on 22nd of October 1993. Out of 22 Martyrs, 16 are below 20 years of age.
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Gossman, Patricia (1995). "An International Human Rights Perspective". Asian Affairs: An American Review. 22 (1): 65–70. doi:10.1080/00927678.1995.9933697. : "For example, [the National Human Rights Commission] report on the October 1993 massacre of forty-three civilians in Bijbehara, Kashmir, called for the prosecution of fourteen members of the BSF."
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25 Years of Bijbehara Massacre: A Tale of Bloodbath, Kashmir Times, 23 October 2018: "The brutal killing of 51 civilians in the massacre is referred to as Bijbehara massacre."
^"Everyone Lives in Fear - Patterns of Impunity in Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Human Rights Watch. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
^"Amnesty International Report 1994 - India". Amnesty International. 1 January 1994. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
^"Rising Kashmir". www.risingkashmir.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^"October 22 1993 Bijbehara bloodbath Lastupdate:- Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:…". archive.is. 24 October 2014. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
^ abCite error: The named reference BSF record: Guilty are seldom punished was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Chronology of Event: February 1991 - November1994". Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 1 March 1995. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
^"NHRC, Annual Report 1999-2000". National Human Rights Commission of India. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
^Shibli, Murtaza. "13th Anniversary of Bijbehara Massacre: 22 October 1993". Kashmir Affairs. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
^Syed, Basharat (22 September 2007). "HC directs govt to pay relief to Bijbehara massacre victim's kins". Kashmir Times. Retrieved 11 April 2009.[permanent dead link]
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