'mass rape' in Kashmir survivors fight for justice
Over 29 years back, Indian officers supposedly assaulted in excess of 30 ladies in the Kashmiri towns of Kunan and Poshpora. The individuals who endure the assault are as yet battling for equity,

It was 23 February 1991. The individuals of Kunan, a minor town in Indian regulated Kashmir's Kupwara area, were turning in following a cold winter day. Zooni and Saniya (not their genuine names) were preparing to go to bed when they heard a progression of noisy thumps on the door.
India had begun a huge scope military activity trying to control a mainstream furnished insurrection contrary to Indian guideline in Kashmir. Supposed "cordon and search" tasks, privately called "crackdowns", were turning out to be normal and still persevere right up 'til the present time.
When Zooni and Saniya saw officers close to home that night, they thought it was the start of another of these purported crackdowns. The men were removed, and the officers came in, similar to the set up training. In any case, recalling that day makes their eyes load up with tears even at this point.
The zone was put under lockdown that night by Indian forces
"We were preparing for bed when the officers came. They removed the men. Some began drinking liquor. I was holding my two-year-old little girl in my arms when they attempted to snatch me.
"I opposed, and in the fight she dropped out of my arms, and out of the window. She was injured forever.
"Three officers got me, tore my pheran, my shirt - I don't have a clue what all occurred after that. There were five of them. I despite
everything recall their countenances."
Saniya was likewise in a similar house. It had just been 11 days since her wedding.
"I had come back from my folks' home that very day.
"A few fighters got some information about all the new garments hanging in the room, so she let them know, 'here, she is our new girl in-law, our new lady of the hour'.
"What occurred from that point onward, I can't start to portray it. We haven't quite recently been wronged, what we have confronted is a vast shamefulness. Indeed, even today when we see fighters we begin shaking with dread."
The individuals of Kunan and neighboring Poshpora blame the Indian armed force for completing an arranged mass rape of the ladies in these two remote. They likewise guarantee that while the ladies were assaulted, the men were exposed to awful torment, and that they have been battling for equity these most recent 29 years.
In 2013 they documented a request to revive the case in the state High Court.