Jammu & Kashmir
“Paradise turned into hell”
Indian ‘Fact-finding mission’ will not offer solution
The leader of the Kashmiri nationalist Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, agreed at the last minute to speak to five members of the delegation. But the real feelings and the demands of the thousands who have been protesting on the streets in the recent period will not be heard. The intractable problems require far more than a parliamentary delegation to resolve. In fact they have been heightened by some of the most vicious, relentless police and army repression taking place internationally.