DoT Issues Orders To Block 55 URLs Related To Afzal Guru #FoE #india

 

By Nikhil Pahwa on Feb 19th, 2013, Medianama

It appears that on the same date that orders were given for blocking URLs criticizing IIPM, pursuant to court orders, India’s Department of Telecom issued another set of orders for blocking 55 URLs (all Facebook pages) related to Afzal Guru, who India hanged on Feb 9th 2013, after his mercy petition was rejected by the President of India.
Outlook has published this order here (download it here).

We’ve taken great pains to transcribe the URLs below. Do tell us in the comments to this post whether they work for you or not, and which ISP you are trying to access them from. Most of the URLs do not work for us, on an MTNL Delhi connection.

In case there are other DoT orders floating around, asking for blocking of websites, or if you have a copy of court orders blocking access to websites, contact us at nikhil@medianama.com.

How should the DoT have approached these blocks?

Read our take on How India Should Approach Website Blocking.

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http://www.facebook.com/aijjurather

http://www.facebook.com/ShaheedAfzalGuruMyBrotherInIslamq

http://www.facebook.com/iamzhk

http://www.facebook.com/RockersOfIslam

http://www.facebook.com/KMRNews

http://www.facebook.com/crushindia93

http://www.facebook.com/aijjurather

http://www.facebook.com/zahoorbhats

http://www.facebook.com/kashmir.university

http://www.facebook.com/G.YOUTHS2

http://www.facebook.com/pages/JK-NEWS-EXPRESS/171069332965404

http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-love-SYED-ALI-SHAH-Geelani-The-REAL-HERO-of-Kashmir-and-Kashmiries/124962984321521

http://www.facebook.com/love.kashmir

http://www.facebook.com/ShaheedAfzalGuru

http://www.facebook.com/najam.deen

http://www.facebook.com/afzal.guru.58

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Afzal-Guru/469200009813644

http://www.facebook.com/AfzalGuruShaheed

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Afzal-Guru-Tere-Khoon-Ka-Badla-Hum-Zaroor-Lenge/33708959735258

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaheed-Afzal-Guru-HumSharminda-Hai-Apke-qatil-Zindah-Hai/152373608253289

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaheed-Afzal-Guru-HumSharminda-Hai-Apke-qatil-Zindah-Hai/471812542872664

http://www.facebook.com/We-Love-Shaheed-Afzal-Guru/186267964830318

http://www.facebook.com/1mfans.Afzal.Guru

http://www.facebook.com/We-Will-Always-Love-Shaheed-Afzal-Guru/585941668086260

http://www.facebook.com/WeCondemnTheHangingOfMartyrAfzalGuru

http://www.facebook.com/Ya-ALLAH-Shaheed-Afzal-Guru-ki-Shahadat-Qubool-Farma/235071936629769

http://www.facebook.com/We-need-1000000-Fans-to-Say-Afzal-Guru-is-an-innocent-Kashmiri/374864545945948

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Afzal-Guru-Hero-of-Kashmir/293681247410674

http://www.facebook.com/AfzalGuruTheRealHero

http://www.facebook.com/Afzal-Guru-Shaheed-The-Legend-of-Kashmir/241388392663078

http://www.facebook.com/AfzalGuruYouAreOurHeroWeWillAlwaysRememberYou

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Afzal-guru-the-master-mind/402649003161737

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Afzal-GuruEvery-Kashmiri-represents-U/338145509623132

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Long-Live-Afzal-Guru/116592561851776

http://www.facebook.com/pages/pages/Shaheed-AFZAL-Guru/474844409243414

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaheed-Afzal-Guru-_-the-Hero-of-Kashmir/101863843331652

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaheed-Afzal-Guru/159449597538621

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaheed-Afzal-Guru/206042402875704

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaheed-Afzal-Guru/214890941988045

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaheed-Afzal-Guru-The-Real-Hero-Of-Kashmir/303137599789484

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaheed-Afzal-Guru-hum-badla-leke-rahenge/335623899890457

http://www.facebook.com/pages/RIP-Afzal-Guru-Shaheed/476146232442194

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaheed-AFZAL-GURU/523309574366345

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaheed-AFZAL-GURU/534215773279465

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaheed-AFZAL-GURU-A-Real-Hero/597704906909706

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaheed-AFZAL-GURU/601159259249900878

http://www.facebook.com/aijazahmad.teali

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaheed-Afzal-Guru/440985435984495

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaheed-Afzal-Guru/416177145139332

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaeed-Mohammad-Afzal-Guru/439318776093479

http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-will-u-Olwayz-Afzal-guru/119207731592699

http://www.facebook.com/IAmAfzalGuru

http://www.facebook.com/Maktabulameer313

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Islamfighters/485700454815180

 

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Rock on, says CM to Kashmir’s first all-girl band

TNN | Feb 3, 2013, 04.55 AM IST

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After threats, Kashmir‘s first all-girl rock band stops live shows

SRINAGAR: Jammu & Kashmir chief ministerOmar Abdullah on Saturday led the chorus of support for the valley’s first all-girl Sufi rock band — ‘Pragaash’ (light) — that was forced to quit live performances after abuses on social media.

The CM promised action while public support including a Facebook community “I support Pragaash, Kashmir’s first all-girls’ rock band” has encouraged them to bounce back with an album as a befitting reply to hate mongers.

“They have stopped live performances for the time being but are working on their album,” said 22-year-old Adnan Muhammad Mattoo, Pragaash manager and a musician, who trained the teenaged girls — Farah Deeba, Aneeqa Khalid and Noma Nazir — at his Band Inn Music Academy in Srinagar. “They will be back with a bang.”

The three could not be contacted and are said to be in New Delhi. “Thanks for the support everyone. It really means a lot!” wrote the band’s guitarist, Aneeqa Khalid, on the community page that had managed 594 likes since Friday when it was started.

The band gained prominence after their exceptional performance at the annual “Battle of the Bands” event that Mattoo has been organizing to encourage young talent since 2008. The abuse began days later, forcing their alarmed parents to ensure they keep a low profile. They had won the best performance award in their first public appearance.

Omar joined hundreds of Pragaash supporters on Twitter to lend his support. “I hope these talented young girls will not let a handful of morons silence them…,” he tweeted. He said police would examine the threats and whether any provision of the law can be used to book those making them. ” Shame on those who claim freedom of speech via social media & then use that freedom to threaten girls who have the right to choose to sing.”

“We are yet to outdo haters. Keep the support coming in,” Shehla Rashid Shora, one of the band supporters, wrote on the Facebook page. “Misogyny is not restricted to Kashmir. It’s only being recognized here now because people are raising a voice against it.”

Another supporter Absaar Syed echoed Shora. “Quitting would amount to lending haters a win. Don’t do that.”. Nibha Majeed seconded him. “(T)hese personz who use such abusive language n dnt knw how to talk abt gals…are rotten lots themselves …”

Mattoo said the support had overwhelmed the girls, whose talents he described as “astonishing”. He said they also needed financial support to chase their dreams. “We need sponsors, otherwise we would be unable to realize the dream of releasing the album.”

He said he had ignored abuses when he was tagged and threatened on Facebook first in December. But it rattled the girls and their families. “They are just 15 and too young to face such abuse. They are hurt. They cried, but I tried to convince them to continue.”

He said they were doing nothing wrong and they were carrying forward the glorious tradition of Kashmiri Sufi music dedicated to love of the Prophet. “We do not know who these people are and want to get to the bottom of this.”

The 22-year-old said they were looking for more government support for over 40 music bands in the Valley. “People would be encouraged if they see a future in this profession and we need the government’s support for it.”

He said they have trying to get an appointment with the CM for over a year. “I expect Omar Abdullah, a music lover, to support us,” he said. “I have met (former chief minister) Mufti (Mohammad Sayeed) Saab. He was very encouraging and so are the common people, who are happy with us as we represent Kashmir.”

Lawyer Mohammad Ashraf said social network sites have been used to instigate violence and malign others to settle personal scores despite the cyber crime laws. “The police have set-up a wing to deal with it.”

Organizers of late Jagjit Singh’s concert some years back faced similar abuses.

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#Kashmir- first all-girl rock band stops live shows, following threats #WTFnews #Vaw

Mir Ehsan , RIFFAT MOHIDIN : Sat Feb 02 2013, 03:12 hrs, IE

They called their band ‘Pragaash’ — to mean from darkness to light. Kashmir‘s first all-girl rock group is now struggling to find some of that hope. Following threats and criticism on social networking sites, its three Class 10 members have decided to stop live performances in the Valley for some time.

Farah Deeba, Aneka Khalid and Noma Nazir started receiving the threats soon after Pragaash’s first live performance, at Srinagar‘s Battle of the Bands — an annual music festival — in December last year. They had been written about following the performance, and their interviews appeared on news channels.

Since then, Pragaash had held several live shows in the city.

“As a section of the society criticised the girls after their first live performance in the city, we told them to quit the band,” Deeba’s mother said.

“We will stay quiet for some time as we were threatened by people on Facebook and on the phone directing us to stop this band, or to face the consequences,” Nazir said.

Khalid said they would continue to pursue music though, while giving up live performances.

Incidentally, none of these threats has come from any militant organisation.

It was in August last year that Deeba, Khalid and Nazir met at a local music institute, Band Inn, and soon joined hands to form Pragaash. While Nazir, 16, is the vocalist and guitarist, 15-year-old Khalid is the bass guitarist and Deeba, also 15, the drummer.

After the Battle of the Bands, where they competed against dozens of male bands, the three had said their families supported their unusual vocation. Pragaash had come in third at the contest, and had received invitations to perform in several parts of the country.

Among the criticism dumped on the girls on a Facebook page named ‘Kashmir News’ was that they had brought shame upon their society.

However, the girls continue to have supporters. There is now another Facebook page — ‘I support Pragaash — Kashmir’s First All-Girls Rock Band’.

 

Arrested for video on Facebook,3 men in Jammu and Kashmir spend over 40 days in jail #66A #ITAct

Reported by Zaffar Iqbal, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Updated: December 07, 2012 , NDTV

Kishtwar: In Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kishtwar district, three men have spent over 40 days in jail. Their crime – they were tagged in an allegedly blasphemous video on Facebook and one of them had commented on it.

Kishori Sharma, Bansi Lal and Moti Lal Sharma were arrested on October 29 this year. They have been charged with desecrating religious symbols, and inciting communal hatred using Information Technology, under the controversial section 66 (A) of the IT act – much like the two young girls arrested for a Facebook post against the Mumbai shutdown in the memory of Bal Thackeray.

“The police told the parents that they will give them a clean chit and release the three but that was all done just to maintain law and order and the three remained under arrest,” said Rajesh Sharma, lawyer of the accused.

So far, the police have no evidence that any of them uploaded the video.

But Kishori Sharma and Bansi Lal, both government teachers, have been sacked pending inquiry. Their sacking order accuses them of disturbing law and order and anti-Islamic activities.

Police sources say preliminary investigation indicates that the video originated from Pakistan.

The police have written to Facebook asking for the origin of the video, but has got no positive response from the India and Asia heads of the social networking site.

Finally, the Jammu and Kashmir Police approached Facebook’s headquarters in the US; they are expecting a reply in four weeks’ time.

The accused have moved the court for bail. The next date of hearing will be on December 12. The court has also asked the police to submit its response by then.

 

India: Arrest of 16-year-old Danish Farooq- WHY IS INDIA MEDIA SILENT ? #childrights #draconianlaws

Court lists bail matter for hearing on Monday

Danish Farooq detention case

KT NEWS SERVICE SRINAGAR, and Greater Kashmir

Dec 1: A city court today remanded Danish Farooq to police custody till December 9. Farooq, a ninth standard student arrested by Kral Khud police station in second week of last month under charges relating to stone pelting.
Sources in prosecution said the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) has listed Farooq’s bail application for hearing on Monday. Advocate Babar Jan Qadri, the counsel for Farooq’s family, said the court has listed both bail and contempt matters for hearing on Monday.
On November 30, the Amnesty International (AI) expressed concern over “arbitrarily detention of 16 year-old, Danish Farooq’ and how the authorities are treating him as an adult rather than a child.

Family members of a class 9 student Danish Farooq of downtown here have accused police of detaining their ‘minor’ son in a jail in violation of juvenile norms. However police refuted the family claims, saying Danish is 16 years old and ‘hence not a minor’. The boy has been booked for ‘attempt to murder’ besides other harsh sections.
Danish was whisked away by police personnel of Kral Khud police station on Monday outside lower court here after he was granted bail in another case registered against him in Shaheed Gunj police station, said Danish’s uncle.
“He was first arrested at around 11:30 AM near Gole Market Karan Nagar on 19th of November by police personnel of Shaheed Gunj police station,” he said.
He said Danish was produced in court only after the family filed an application for his release. “We have never had tryst with courts and are unaware of procedures followed there, so we used to make rounds of police station everyday for his release.”
Advocate Babar Qadri, who represented Danish in the case registered in Shaheed Gunj police station, says the boy was slapped with harsh laws. “He was arrested under FIR number 77/2012 under sections 152 RPC, 138 RPC, 148 RPC, 147 RPC. He was rearrested by Kral Khud police station after being granted bail. He is a class 9 student of Tiny Tots School Fateh Kadal. He is a juvenile.”

POLICE VERSION
However, police in a press handout said, “Srinagar police had arrested a notorious stone pelter, Danish Farooq Wani son of Farooq Ahmad Wani resident of Chattabal at present Purshyar Habba Kadal, and presented him before the court. The stone-pelter is involved in number of stone pelting incidents including a petrol bomb attack for which a case FIR no: 26/2012 under section 307, 285, 336/RPC stands registered against him in police station Kral Khud. The accused was arrested and presented before the Hon’ble Court of Sub-Registrar, Srinagar. As per the records of the Board of School Education, the date of birth of the accused is 6/6/1996. The Court remanded him to police custody for not being a minor.”
In a statement, AI demanded his release. AI said Farooq was first arrested on November 19 under sections 152, 138, 148, and 147 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC). All charges relate to incidents of “stone-pelting.” After three days of arbitrary detention in police custody without any legal grounds, he was produced in court, which ordered his release on bail. Before any release Farooq was re-arrested on November 23 under sections 307, 285, 336 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC ) for “attempt to murder” for his alleged involvement in a petrol bomb attack. According to latest reports, he remains in police custody and it is unclear when he will appear before the local court in Srinagar.
“Farooq’s family has been denied the right to communicate with him or see him, and is currently unaware of his condition. A police representative has told Farooq’s family that Farooq will not be presented in court within the required time period set by law, but will keep him in custody for two months. He has not had access to a lawyer during this time,” AI statement said.
The statement added that India is legally obliged, under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC), which it ratified in 1992, to establish laws and procedures specifically applicable to children, and to define minors as all individuals younger than 18. “This means that India must ensure no individual younger than 18 years of age is arrested, detained, or tried under ordinary criminal law without the safeguards meant to protect children. However, J&K Juvenile Justice Act, 1997, treats boys over the age of 16 as adults, in violation of the UN CRC and international human rights law. Amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act are currently being discussed by the J&K Legislative Assembly. If these amendments are successful, all children below 18 years of age will be treated as juveniles,” the statement said.
It added that Farooq is a child under an international treaty that is binding on India, and so the manner of his arrest and detention must be compatible with this treaty.
Further, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which India has also ratified, prohibits the arbitrary deprivation of liberty and among other things provides that states party – including India – must ensure that any person being arrested is brought promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial power, the statement viewed.
Amnesty International called on the J&K police to end Farooq’s “arbitrary and unlawful detention, and either release him or produce him immediately before a magistrate”. “If a court decides that he has to remain in detention, Farooq must be moved to a juvenile detention home and be granted all the safeguards and protections guaranteed to children by the CRC and for judicial proceedings to go forward in accordance with international human rights law. He should also be granted, without delay, access to his family, and they should be kept informed of his whereabouts and condition, as well as access to a lawyer of his or his family’s choice,” the statement said Amnesty International also urged the J&K authorities to halt the practice of arbitrary detentions in the state, in particular of children.

Amnesty International reiterated its call to the J&K government to amend the Juvenile Justice Act to bring it at par with the CRC.

Teen kills herself after gangrape by three teachers

 

HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
Rajouri, July 25, 2012

16-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri districtcommitted suicide after she was allegedly gangraped by four persons. What’s more, three of the alleged rapists are her teachers. The police arrested all four on Wednesday, two days after the girl — daughter of an armyman — died

 after consuming poison.

Rajouri superintendent of police Mubassir Latief identified the accused as government schoolteacher Mohammad Zafar, his son Waseem and two others. “The medical examination has been conducted. We are awaiting the report to confirm the allegation of rape,” Latief said.

The police said Zafar also ran a private school in the girl’s village, Khagal, about 150km from Jammu city. His son was an administrator at the school. The two other accused are teacher Aurangzeb and part-time teacher Mohmmad Iftikhar.

The police have registered a case on basis of the complaint by the girl’s mother, who alleged that her daughter was gangraped on July 20.

According to her complaint, Waseem had asked the girl to come to the school, saying there was some important work to be done. When she reached the school, she was pushed into a car, taken to an isolated place and gangraped. The girl narrated her plight to her mother and later sunk into depression and consumed poison on Monday. She was rushed to a hospital and then shifted to the Government Medical College in Jammu but to no avail.

The teenager had studied in Zafar’s private school and appeared for her class 10 exams this year, but failed.

With inputs from agencies