Tag: Kunan Poshpora mass rape

  By MM Staff Kunan Poshpora mass rape is often termed as the biggest tragedy that befell Kashmir in the last three decades. Mass rape by security forces as a war strategy is something which very few can justify. Kunan Poshspora incident occurred on February 23, 1991, when unit(s) of the Indian army launched a search and interrogation operation in the twin villages of Kunan and Poshpora, located in Kashmir's remote Kupwara District. It is reported that at least 100 women were allegedly gang raped by soldiers that night. However, human rights...