Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 251287 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
AEMR ASEC AMGT AE AS AMED AVIAN AU AF AORC AGENDA AO AR AM APER AFIN ATRN AJ ABUD ARABL AL AG AODE ALOW ADANA AADP AND APECO ACABQ ASEAN AA AFFAIRS AID AGR AY AGS AFSI AGOA AMB ARF ANET ASCH ACOA AFLU AFSN AMEX AFDB ABLD AESC AFGHANISTAN AINF AVIATION ARR ARSO ANDREW ASSEMBLY AIDS APRC ASSK ADCO ASIG AC AZ APEC AFINM ADB AP ACOTA ASEX ACKM ASUP ANTITERRORISM ADPM AINR ARABLEAGUE AGAO AORG AMTC AIN ACCOUNT ASECAFINGMGRIZOREPTU AIDAC AINT ARCH AMGTKSUP ALAMI AMCHAMS ALJAZEERA AVIANFLU AORD AOREC ALIREZA AOMS AMGMT ABDALLAH AORCAE AHMED ACCELERATED AUC ALZUGUREN ANGEL AORL ASECIR AMG AMBASSADOR AEMRASECCASCKFLOMARRPRELPINRAMGTJMXL ADM ASES ABMC AER AMER ASE AMGTHA ARNOLDFREDERICK AOPC ACS AFL AEGR ASED AFPREL AGRI AMCHAM ARNOLD AN ANATO AME APERTH ASECSI AT ACDA ASEDC AIT AMERICA AMLB AMGE ACTION AGMT AFINIZ ASECVE ADRC ABER AGIT APCS AEMED ARABBL ARC ASO AIAG ACEC ASR ASECM ARG AEC ABT ADIP ADCP ANARCHISTS AORCUN AOWC ASJA AALC AX AROC ARM AGENCIES ALBE AK AZE AOPR AREP AMIA ASCE ALANAZI ABDULRAHMEN ABDULHADI AINFCY ARMS ASECEFINKCRMKPAOPTERKHLSAEMRNS AGRICULTURE AFPK AOCR ALEXANDER ATRD ATFN ABLG AORCD AFGHAN ARAS AORCYM AVERY ALVAREZ ACBAQ ALOWAR ANTOINE ABLDG ALAB AMERICAS AFAF ASECAFIN ASEK ASCC AMCT AMGTATK AMT APDC AEMRS ASECE AFSA ATRA ARTICLE ARENA AISG AEMRBC AFR AEIR ASECAF AFARI AMPR ASPA ASOC ANTONIO AORCL ASECARP APRM AUSTRALIAGROUP ASEG AFOR AEAID AMEDI ASECTH ASIC AFDIN AGUIRRE AUNR ASFC AOIC ANTXON ASA ASECCASC ALI AORCEUNPREFPRELSMIGBN ASECKHLS ASSSEMBLY ASECVZ AI ASECPGOV ASIR ASCEC ASAC ARAB AIEA ADMIRAL AUSGR AQ AMTG ARRMZY ANC APR AMAT AIHRC AFU ADEL AECL ACAO AMEMR ADEP AV AW AOR ALL ALOUNI AORCUNGA ALNEA ASC AORCO ARMITAGE AGENGA AGRIC AEM ACOAAMGT AGUILAR AFPHUM AMEDCASCKFLO AFZAL AAA ATPDEA ASECPHUM ASECKFRDCVISKIRFPHUMSMIGEG
ETRD ETTC EU ECON EFIN EAGR EAID ELAB EINV ENIV ENRG EPET EZ ELTN ELECTIONS ECPS ET ER EG EUN EIND ECONOMICS EMIN ECIN EINT EWWT EAIR EN ENGR ES EI ETMIN EL EPA EARG EFIS ECONOMY EC EK ELAM ECONOMIC EAR ESDP ECCP ELN EUM EUMEM ECA EAP ELEC ECOWAS EFTA EXIM ETTD EDRC ECOSOC ECPSN ENVIRONMENT ECO EMAIL ECTRD EREL EDU ENERG ENERGY ENVR ETRAD EAC EXTERNAL EFIC ECIP ERTD EUC ENRGMO EINZ ESTH ECCT EAGER ECPN ELNT ERD EGEN ETRN EIVN ETDR EXEC EIAD EIAR EVN EPRT ETTF ENGY EAIDCIN EXPORT ETRC ESA EIB EAPC EPIT ESOCI ETRB EINDQTRD ENRC EGOV ECLAC EUR ELF ETEL ENRGUA EVIN EARI ESCAP EID ERIN ELAN ENVT EDEV EWWY EXBS ECOM EV ELNTECON ECE ETRDGK EPETEIND ESCI ETRDAORC EAIDETRD ETTR EMS EAGRECONEINVPGOVBN EBRD EUREM ERGR EAGRBN EAUD EFI ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC ETRO ENRGY EGAR ESSO EGAD ENV ENER EAIDXMXAXBXFFR ELA EET EINVETRD EETC EIDN ERGY ETRDPGOV EING EMINCG EINVECON EURM EEC EICN EINO EPSC ELAP ELABPGOVBN EE ESPS ETRA ECONETRDBESPAR ERICKSON EEOC EVENTS EPIN EB ECUN EPWR ENG EX EH EAIDAR EAIS ELBA EPETUN ETRDEIQ EENV ECPC ETRP ECONENRG EUEAID EWT EEB EAIDNI ESENV EADM ECN ENRGKNNP ETAD ETR ECONETRDEAGRJA ETRG ETER EDUC EITC EBUD EAIF EBEXP EAIDS EITI EGOVSY EFQ ECOQKPKO ETRGY ESF EUE EAIC EPGOV ENFR EAGRE ENRD EINTECPS EAVI ETC ETCC EIAID EAIDAF EAGREAIDPGOVPRELBN EAOD ETRDA EURN EASS EINVA EAIDRW EON ECOR EPREL EGPHUM ELTM ECOS EINN ENNP EUPGOV EAGRTR ECONCS ETIO ETRDGR EAIDB EISNAR EIFN ESPINOSA EAIDASEC ELIN EWTR EMED ETFN ETT EADI EPTER ELDIN EINVEFIN ESS ENRGIZ EQRD ESOC ETRDECD ECINECONCS EAIT ECONEAIR ECONEFIN EUNJ ENRGKNNPMNUCPARMPRELNPTIAEAJMXL ELAD EFIM ETIC EFND EFN ETLN ENGRD EWRG ETA EIN EAIRECONRP EXIMOPIC ERA ENRGJM ECONEGE ENVI ECHEVARRIA EMINETRD EAD ECONIZ EENG ELBR EWWC ELTD EAIDMG ETRK EIPR EISNLN ETEX EPTED EFINECONCS EPCS EAG ETRDKIPR ED EAIO ETRDEC ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ ERNG EFINU EURFOR EWWI ELTNSNAR ETD EAIRASECCASCID EOXC ESTN EAIDAORC EAGRRP ETRDEMIN ELABPHUMSMIGKCRMBN ETRDEINVTINTCS EGHG EAIDPHUMPRELUG EAGRBTIOBEXPETRDBN EDA EPETPGOV ELAINE EUCOM EMW EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM ELB EINDETRD EMI ETRDECONWTOCS EINR ESTRADA EHUM EFNI ELABV ENR EMN EXO EWWTPRELPGOVMASSMARRBN EATO END EP EINVETC ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID ELTRN EIQ ETTW EAI ENGRG ETRED ENDURING ETTRD EAIDEGZ EOCN EINF EUPREL ENRL ECPO ENLT EEFIN EPPD ECOIN EUEAGR EISL EIDE ENRGSD EINVECONSENVCSJA EAIG ENTG EEPET EUNCH EPECO ETZ EPAT EPTE EAIRGM ETRDPREL EUNGRSISAFPKSYLESO ETTN EINVKSCA ESLCO EBMGT ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ EFLU ELND EFINOECD EAIDHO EDUARDO ENEG ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EFINTS ECONQH ENRGPREL EUNPHUM EINDIR EPE EMINECINECONSENVTBIONS EFINM ECRM EQ EWWTSP ECONPGOVBN
KFLO KPKO KDEM KFLU KTEX KMDR KPAO KCRM KIDE KN KNNP KG KMCA KZ KJUS KWBG KU KDMR KAWC KCOR KPAL KOMC KTDB KTIA KISL KHIV KHUM KTER KCFE KTFN KS KIRF KTIP KIRC KSCA KICA KIPR KPWR KWMN KE KGIC KGIT KSTC KACT KSEP KFRD KUNR KHLS KCRS KRVC KUWAIT KVPR KSRE KMPI KMRS KNRV KNEI KCIP KSEO KITA KDRG KV KSUM KCUL KPET KBCT KO KSEC KOLY KNAR KGHG KSAF KWNM KNUC KMNP KVIR KPOL KOCI KPIR KLIG KSAC KSTH KNPT KINL KPRP KRIM KICC KIFR KPRV KAWK KFIN KT KVRC KR KHDP KGOV KPOW KTBT KPMI KPOA KRIF KEDEM KFSC KY KGCC KATRINA KWAC KSPR KTBD KBIO KSCI KRCM KNNB KBNC KIMT KCSY KINR KRAD KMFO KCORR KW KDEMSOCI KNEP KFPC KEMPI KBTR KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNPP KTTB KTFIN KBTS KCOM KFTN KMOC KOR KDP KPOP KGHA KSLG KMCR KJUST KUM KMSG KHPD KREC KIPRTRD KPREL KEN KCSA KCRIM KGLB KAKA KWWT KUNP KCRN KISLPINR KLFU KUNC KEDU KCMA KREF KPAS KRKO KNNC KLHS KWAK KOC KAPO KTDD KOGL KLAP KECF KCRCM KNDP KSEAO KCIS KISM KREL KISR KISC KKPO KWCR KPFO KUS KX KWCI KRFD KWPG KTRD KH KLSO KEVIN KEANE KACW KWRF KNAO KETTC KTAO KWIR KVCORR KDEMGT KPLS KICT KWGB KIDS KSCS KIRP KSTCPL KDEN KLAB KFLOA KIND KMIG KPPAO KPRO KLEG KGKG KCUM KTTP KWPA KIIP KPEO KICR KNNA KMGT KCROM KMCC KLPM KNNPGM KSIA KSI KWWW KOMS KESS KMCAJO KWN KTDM KDCM KCM KVPRKHLS KENV KCCP KGCN KCEM KEMR KWMNKDEM KNNPPARM KDRM KWIM KJRE KAID KWMM KPAONZ KUAE KTFR KIF KNAP KPSC KSOCI KCWI KAUST KPIN KCHG KLBO KIRCOEXC KI KIRCHOFF KSTT KNPR KDRL KCFC KLTN KPAOKMDRKE KPALAOIS KESO KKOR KSMT KFTFN KTFM KDEMK KPKP KOCM KNN KISLSCUL KFRDSOCIRO KINT KRG KWMNSMIG KSTCC KPAOY KFOR KWPR KSEPCVIS KGIV KSEI KIL KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KQ KEMS KHSL KTNF KPDD KANSOU KKIV KFCE KTTC KGH KNNNP KK KSCT KWNN KAWX KOMCSG KEIM KTSD KFIU KDTB KFGM KACP KWWMN KWAWC KSPA KGICKS KNUP KNNO KISLAO KTPN KSTS KPRM KPALPREL KPO KTLA KCRP KNMP KAWCK KCERS KDUM KEDM KTIALG KWUN KPTS KPEM KMEPI KAWL KHMN KCRO KCMR KPTD KCROR KMPT KTRF KSKN KMAC KUK KIRL KEM KSOC KBTC KOM KINP KDEMAF KTNBT KISK KRM KWBW KBWG KNNPMNUC KNOP KSUP KCOG KNET KWBC KESP KMRD KEBG KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KPWG KOMCCO KRGY KNNF KPROG KJAN KFRED KPOKO KM KWMNCS KMPF KJWC KJU KSMIG KALR KRAL KDGOV KPA KCRMJA KCRI KAYLA KPGOV KRD KNNPCH KFEM KPRD KFAM KALM KIPRETRDKCRM KMPP KADM KRFR KMWN KWRG KTIAPARM KTIAEUN KRDP KLIP KDDEM KTIAIC KWKN KPAD KDM KRCS KWBGSY KEAI KIVP KPAOPREL KUNH KTSC KIPT KNP KJUSTH KGOR KEPREL KHSA KGHGHIV KNNR KOMH KRCIM KWPB KWIC KINF KPER KILS KA KNRG KCSI KFRP KLFLO KFE KNPPIS KQM KQRDQ KERG KPAOPHUM KSUMPHUM KVBL KARIM KOSOVO KNSD KUIR KWHG KWBGXF KWMNU KPBT KKNP KERF KCRT KVIS KWRC KVIP KTFS KMARR KDGR KPAI KDE KTCRE KMPIO KUNRAORC KHOURY KAWS KPAK KOEM KCGC KID KVRP KCPS KIVR KBDS KWOMN KIIC KTFNJA KARZAI KMVP KHJUS KPKOUNSC KMAR KIBL KUNA KSA KIS KJUSAF KDEV KPMO KHIB KIRD KOUYATE KIPRZ KBEM KPAM KDET KPPD KOSCE KJUSKUNR KICCPUR KRMS KWMNPREL KWMJN KREISLER KWM KDHS KRV KPOV KWMNCI KMPL KFLD KWWN KCVM KIMMITT KCASC KOMO KNATO KDDG KHGH KRF KSCAECON KWMEN KRIC
PREL PINR PGOV PHUM PTER PE PREF PARM PBTS PINS PHSA PK PL PM PNAT PHAS PO PROP PGOVE PA PU POLITICAL PPTER POL PALESTINIAN PHUN PIN PAMQ PPA PSEC POLM PBIO PSOE PDEM PAK PF PKAO PGOVPRELMARRMOPS PMIL PV POLITICS PRELS POLICY PRELHA PIRN PINT PGOG PERSONS PRC PEACE PROCESS PRELPGOV PROV PFOV PKK PRE PT PIRF PSI PRL PRELAF PROG PARMP PERL PUNE PREFA PP PGOB PUM PROTECTION PARTIES PRIL PEL PAGE PS PGO PCUL PLUM PIF PGOVENRGCVISMASSEAIDOPRCEWWTBN PMUC PCOR PAS PB PKO PY PKST PTR PRM POUS PRELIZ PGIC PHUMS PAL PNUC PLO PMOPS PHM PGOVBL PBK PELOSI PTE PGOVAU PNR PINSO PRO PLAB PREM PNIR PSOCI PBS PD PHUML PERURENA PKPA PVOV PMAR PHUMCF PUHM PHUH PRELPGOVETTCIRAE PRT PROPERTY PEPFAR PREI POLUN PAR PINSF PREFL PH PREC PPD PING PQL PINSCE PGV PREO PRELUN POV PGOVPHUM PINRES PRES PGOC PINO POTUS PTERE PRELKPAO PRGOV PETR PGOVEAGRKMCAKNARBN PPKO PARLIAMENT PEPR PMIG PTBS PACE PETER PMDL PVIP PKPO POLMIL PTEL PJUS PHUMNI PRELKPAOIZ PGOVPREL POGV PEREZ POWELL PMASS PDOV PARN PG PPOL PGIV PAIGH PBOV PETROL PGPV PGOVL POSTS PSO PRELEU PRELECON PHUMPINS PGOVKCMABN PQM PRELSP PRGO PATTY PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PGVO PROTESTS PRELPLS PKFK PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PARAGRAPH PRELGOV POG PTRD PTERM PBTSAG PHUMKPAL PRELPK PTERPGOV PAO PRIVATIZATION PSCE PPAO PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PARALYMPIC PRUM PKPRP PETERS PAHO PARMS PGREL PINV POINS PHUMPREL POREL PRELNL PHUMPGOV PGOVQL PLAN PRELL PARP PROVE PSOC PDD PRELNP PRELBR PKMN PGKV PUAS PRELTBIOBA PBTSEWWT PTERIS PGOVU PRELGG PHUMPRELPGOV PFOR PEPGOV PRELUNSC PRAM PICES PTERIZ PREK PRELEAGR PRELEUN PHUME PHU PHUMKCRS PRESL PRTER PGOF PARK PGOVSOCI PTERPREL PGOVEAID PGOVPHUMKPAO PINSKISL PREZ PGOVAF PARMEUN PECON PINL POGOV PGOVLO PIERRE PRELPHUM PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PBST PKPAO PHUMHUPPS PGOVPOL PASS PPGOV PROGV PAGR PHALANAGE PARTY PRELID PGOVID PHUMR PHSAQ PINRAMGT PSA PRELM PRELMU PIA PINRPE PBTSRU PARMIR PEDRO PNUK PVPR PINOCHET PAARM PRFE PRELEIN PINF PCI PSEPC PGOVSU PRLE PDIP PHEM PRELB PORG PGGOC POLG POPDC PGOVPM PWMN PDRG PHUMK PINB PRELAL PRER PFIN PNRG PRED POLI PHUMBO PHYTRP PROLIFERATION PHARM PUOS PRHUM PUNR PENA PGOVREL PETRAEUS PGOVKDEM PGOVENRG PHUS PRESIDENT PTERKU PRELKSUMXABN PGOVSI PHUMQHA PKISL PIR PGOVZI PHUMIZNL PKNP PRELEVU PMIN PHIM PHUMBA PUBLIC PHAM PRELKPKO PMR PARTM PPREL PN PROL PDA PGOVECON PKBL PKEAID PERM PRELEZ PRELC PER PHJM PGOVPRELPINRBN PRFL PLN PWBG PNG PHUMA PGOR PHUMPTER POLINT PPEF PKPAL PNNL PMARR PAC PTIA PKDEM PAUL PREG PTERR PTERPRELPARMPGOVPBTSETTCEAIRELTNTC PRELJA POLS PI PNS PAREL PENV PTEROREP PGOVM PINER PBGT PHSAUNSC PTERDJ PRELEAID PARMIN PKIR PLEC PCRM PNET PARR PRELETRD PRELBN PINRTH PREJ PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEMEX PRELZ PFLP PBPTS PTGOV PREVAL PRELSW PAUM PRF PHUMKDEM PATRICK PGOVKMCAPHUMBN PRELA PNUM PGGV PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PBT PIND PTEP PTERKS PGOVJM PGOT PRELMARR PGOVCU PREV PREFF PRWL PET PROB PRELPHUMP PHUMAF PVTS PRELAFDB PSNR PGOVECONPRELBU PGOVZL PREP PHUMPRELBN PHSAPREL PARCA PGREV PGOVDO PGON PCON PODC PRELOV PHSAK PSHA PGOVGM PRELP POSCE PGOVPTER PHUMRU PINRHU PARMR PGOVTI PPEL PMAT PAN PANAM PGOVBO PRELHRC

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 07NEWDELHI636, KASHMIRIS IRATE OVER CUSTODIAL KILLINGS; PM SINGH TAKING ACTION

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
  • The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
  • The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
  • The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #07NEWDELHI636.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07NEWDELHI636 2007-02-08 12:50 2011-08-30 01:44 SECRET Embassy New Delhi
VZCZCXRO1832
PP RUEHBC RUEHDBU RUEHDE RUEHKUK RUEHLH RUEHPW RUEHROV
DE RUEHNE #0636/01 0391250
ZNY SSSSS ZZH
P 081250Z FEB 07
FM AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2816
INFO RUCNISL/ISLAMIC COLLECTIVE
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 5225
RUEHLM/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO 8726
RUEHKA/AMEMBASSY DHAKA 8800
RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 1962
RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL 3982
RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 9436
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 2705
RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 1286
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 4410
RUEHCG/AMCONSUL CHENNAI 8753
RUEHCI/AMCONSUL KOLKATA 8478
RUEHBI/AMCONSUL MUMBAI 7935
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 3676
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
RUEIDN/DNI WASHINGTON DC
RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 6019
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RHHJJPI/PACOM IDHS HONOLULU HI
RHMFISS/HQ USSOCOM MACDILL AFB FL
RHMFISS/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC
S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 03 NEW DELHI 000636 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/07/2017 
TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
SUBJECT: KASHMIRIS IRATE OVER CUSTODIAL KILLINGS; PM SINGH TAKING ACTION 
 
NEW DELHI 00000636  001.2 OF 003 
 
Classified By: D/PolCouns Atul Keshap, Reason 1.5 (B,D) 
 
1.  (S) Srinagar was once again gripped with protests on  February 7th, as police officials announced that they had dug  up five unmarked graves in an ongoing investigation of  custodial killings.  Our interlocutors say Prime Minister  Singh is influencing the investigations as a confidence  building measure with Islamabad by urging security forces and  the judiciary to address longstanding accusations that Indian  police and security officials have tortured, killed, and  disappeared thousands of Kashmiri civilians in the course of  the 17 year long insurgency. While staged encounters and  extra-judicial killings are by no means uncommon in India,  the case has also prompted clashes in the J&K General  Assembly between ruling coalition leaders Chief Minister  Gulam Nabi Azad, of the Congress Party, and former Chief  Minister Mufti Muhammad Said's daughter, Mehbooba, of the  People's Democratic Party.  The coalition has been fragile  for months, with CM Azad personally preferring to ally his  party with the National Conference Party, which many blame  for decades of corruption and overt police abuse, while the  Congress Party in New Delhi prefers to maintain the alliance  with the PDP.  While our interlocutors tell us the debate  signals the start of campaigning for 2008, or even 2007,  elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the case demonstrates the  uphill battle the PM faces as he begins to tackle Kashmir's  legacy of human rights violations in earnest.  End Comment. 

  Custodial Deaths Investigated 
----------------------------- 
 
2.  (S) Widespread protests began in Srinagar on January 28th  after the GOI began an inquiry into the custodial death of  Abdur Rahman Padder, a Kashmiri carpenter.  Press reports say  the carpenter was arrested on December 8th and killed in a  fake encounter staged by the Special Operations Group of the  J&K Police.  The police officers then announced to the press  that he was a Lashkar-i-Taiba terrorist from Multan,  Pakistan, claiming they had recovered an AK-47 rifle, three  magazines, 36 rounds of ammunition, and a grenade from his  body.  Police investigators later uncovered the killing  because an officer involved in the incident gave the victim's  cell phone to a "surrendered" former terrorist as a reward  for information.  Investigators say the police were motivated  by a desire for the recognition and rewards doled out to  officers who arrest or kill a suspected terrorist and that  the weapons were likely planted on the victim.  The Police  have now widened the investigation, digging up four more  unmarked graves of terrorist suspects killed in similar  encounters to see if their DNA matches those of other  Kashmiri civilians who recently went missing.  Press reports  say the Senior Superintendent of Police, Ganderbal Hans Raj 
-- who has a particularly brutal reputation for encounter  killings -- as well as his Deputy and the two junior officers  directly implicated in the case are being held in police  custody during the pending investigation. 

  Abuses Not Covered Up This Time 
------------------------------- 
 
3.  (S) Human rights lawyer and longtime government critic,  Ravi Nair, told Poloff that the investigation is actually a  positive step for India.  Obviously, he said, New Delhi has  brought some honest police officials in to do this kind of  investigation because in years past evidence of this kind would have been swept under the rug in Kashmir.  He said  there are nearly 10,000 cases of missing persons in J&K, and  it will be nearly impossible for the government to  investigate all of them, especially since some people  disappear because they went to Pakistan for terrorist  training and later die unidentified.  He said the  disappearances are common because the police have forgotten  how to conduct real investigations.  Now instead of staging  an encounter to kill suspects believing that "dead men tell  no tales," however, the police try to plant explosives on  suspects to keep them in detention without being forced by  the courts to release them on bail.  He said the entire  justice system in India is so short of resources, with 13  judges per million people, that it would be easy to keep a  suspect in custody for years without trial. 
 
4.  (S) Deputy PolCons also met on February 6, with Balraj  Puri, a prominent writer on Kashmir and noted human rights  activist.  In his judgment, the Indian Army has considerably  improved its security operations in J&K and therefore the  Kashmiris are better off under the army,s supervision  compared with the J&K police.  He attributed this to two  reasons: 1) the army is cognizant of human rights issues due  to training, and 2) the army, given its involvement in other  fields besides security (e.g. hearts and minds campaign and  rural development), must maintain its reputation.  The J&K  police, however, are not as disciplined as the army.  The  police are not only exploited as a means for Kashmiris to  settle rivalries amongst themselves, but the force is also  plagued by widespread corruption. 
  
Redressing the Past 
------------------- 
 
5.  (S) Ravi Nair explained further that the Prime Minister  had launched a policy to end the "scorched earth" method of  putting down the insurgency in Kashmir, and that this was a  key confidence-building measure India was putting in place in  talks with Pakistan.  He said there has been a re-examination  of the way India deals with Kashmiris, and the Indian Supreme  Court had ordered reforms in the police and a New Police  Reform Bill was passing through the Indian Parliament to  change the way the police operated throughout the country. 
The Prime Minister also recently released a new code of  conduct for security forces in Kashmir and the Northeast,  which calls for a far greater sensitivity to the local  population.  Nair further advocated that now was an important  moment for the PM to make a largescale effort to redress this  problem -- including starting a judicial inquiry, looking at  all encounter deaths in the past year, allowing the UN  Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Killings to visit  Srinagar, and asking a retired judge to oversee hearings on  the cases to ensure that justice is done quickly.  He said  this was necessary because without such bold action the cases  would reduce the Prime Minister's political space to make an  agreement on the Kashmir issue, as hardliners in Srinagar,  such as Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani, would capitalize on the  cases. 

  Political Football 
------------------ 
 
6.  (S) Meanwhile, political wrangling in J&K has dominated  the news of the custodial killings investigation.  Jammu and  Kashmir Liberation Front leader Yasin Malik started a three  day hunger strike on February 6th, promising to launch a fast  to the death after 45 days if the police do not end all  encounter killings.  In perhaps a gesture of reconciliation  amidst longstanding bitterness, All Parties Hurriyat  Conference (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq announced his  support for Yasin's efforts, sending his activists into the  streets to join JKLF protests.  In the J&K State Assembly,  however, discussions of the case turned into a bitter clash  between ruling coalition parties Congress and the People's  Democratic Party (PDP) on February 6th, as Congress leader  Chief Minister Gulam Nabi Azad read a list of human rights  abuses, including custodial killings, disappearances, and  torture that occurred during PDP leader Mufti Muhammad  Sayeed's time as Chief Minister, comparing them to his own  record.  In response to a further declaration by CM Azad that  any party that calls for security forces to leave the Valley  should give up their own security, Mufti declared that his  party was willing to give up its entire security detail.  CM  Azad, on the defensive, countered that there was a zero  tolerance policy against this kind of incident, and the  police officers involved would be prosecuted swiftly. 

  J&K Elections in 2007? 
---------------------- 
 
7.  (S) Deputy PolCouns met with PDP leader Mufti Muhammad  Sayeed on February 9th to discuss the scandal.  Mufti said  Prime Minister Singh was trying to settle the Kashmir issue,  and there had been a meeting chaired by Sonia Gandhi with the  PM, Foreign Minister Mukherjee, Chief Minister Azad, and  Saifuddin Soz.  He said the leaders decided the Prime  Minister should meet with the APHC, but this meeting could  not happen until some time had passed after the group's trip  to Pakistan.  He said that if the GOI reaches a settlement  with Pakistan, elections in J&K would likely be held in 2007  rather than 2008, and that the uproar over custodial killings  stemmed from the fact that most of the parties were acting  like they were already campaigning.  He also spoke highly of  the APHC, saying that he believed they would likely  participate in elections and they would make a strong  showing.  He explained also that Pakistan was holding back  terrorist attacks in India as a confidence-building measure  to ensure that the negotiations succeed. 

  A Step in the Right Direction 
----------------------------- 
 
8.  (S) Comment: Longtime embassy contact G. Parthasarathy  also threw his two cents into the debate in an op-ed accusing  New Delhi of pandering to separatists and accusing APHC  leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq of working with terrorist leader  Mushtaq Zargar during his trip to Pakistan.  His accusations  echo the still quiet security hawk check against the Prime  Minister's efforts to resolve the Kashmir dispute with  Pakistan.  Nonetheless, the PM is calling the intelligence  community, security forces, and police to task for decades of  human rights abuses and bad police work in Kashmir.  This is  perhaps his most courageous political counter yet to those  who accuse him of selling out the country in talks with  Pakistan or not doing enough to give Kashmiris hope. 
Sweeping clear the security mess in Kashmir -- if successful -- will have far-reaching implications for police work  throughout India, especially in insurgency-affected areas. 

End Comment. 

MULFORD