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Media Release Roots In Kashmir to organize a protest rally to highlight human-rights violations of Kashmiri Pandits New Delhi [December 4, 2006] “Roots In Kashmir” – an initiative launched by the Kashmiri Pandit youths to highlight the atrocities inflicted upon the Kashmiri Pandit minority community in the valley of Kashmir, is organizing a protest rally to highlight the human-rights violations against Kashmiri Pandits. The rally will be held at Jantar-Mantar in New Delhi at 3:00PM on “Human Rights Day” Sunday December 10, 2006. “Roots In Kashmir” (RIK) strongly believes that successive Union and State governments have failed in protecting the human rights of Kashmiri Pandit community. It also believes that various Human Rights organizations have miserably failed in highlighting the human rights violations against the minority community in the Kashmir valley. To escape persecution, more than 400,000 Kashmiri Pandits had to leave their homes and hearths back in the valley. Even after 16 years after mass exodus, more than 50,000 of these Kashmiri Pandit refugees are living in hellish conditions in uninhabitable refugee camps. Roots In Kashmir (RIK) appeals to one and all to attend this protest rally to show solidarity with Kashmiri Pandit refugees. It is the responsibility of every living human being to speak up against human rights violations and stand up against discriminatory government policies. RIK also appeals all the media outlets to cover this protest rally and provide adequate coverage highlighting the human rights violations against Kashmiri Pandit community.
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