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Why are these members of authority and celebrities silent over the Kashmir issue?Kashmir unrest: Pellet war hits Kohli, Shah Rukh, Amitabh, Zuckerberg, Morphed Celebrity Images to Raise Kashmir’s Voice Breaking the Internet 2016, We had been seeing pictures of kids as young as four being admitted in hospitals, their faces mutilated with pellets. Young Kashmiris, some sportsman and some students losing their dreams as their vision was taken away with what the Indian forces described as ‘non-lethal weapons.’ On top of that, Facebook had the audacity to censor these stories in the name of ‘Community Standards.’ We wanted to do a campaign against the use of pellets. Narendra Modi was an obvious choice as he is the prime minister. Sonia Gandhi was chosen because her ally, Omar Abdullah, sanctioned the use of these guns in 2010. It is their collective policies that are resulting in these atrocities. Mark Zuckerberg was selected to highlight the consequences of internet censorship. We chose Bollywood celebrities because in India they are more than just film stars. They are cultural icons. They are worshipped by their fans and have, in the past, put their weight behind rights issues. Many celebrities were vocal about stricter laws against rape and also active in the economic suppression of farmers, resulting in their suicides. Then why the silence on Kashmir? Their movies do business in Kashmir. They go and shoot their films in Kashmir and earn massive revenues. Don’t they feel anything for the people who live there? We chose these people as a means to create empathy. We live in a sad world where we have to come up with creative, and at times, extreme ways just to make people pause for a second, look, think and reflect. Zee Media Bureau New Delhi: The use of rubber pellets by Indian security agencies in Kashmir has become a matter of debate because of the serious nature of injuries inflicted by these 'seemingly harmless' rubber pellets. A Pakistan-based society --- ‘Never Forget Pakistan’ --- has launched an online campaign to draw attention to the issue of the use of rubber pellets by posting photo-shopped images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, cricketer Virat Kohli and actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai, and Kajol. Each image is marked with pellet injuries and carry a letter of someone actually suffered by the rubber pellets. The letter exhorts these celebrities to speak out against the use of these pellets on people in Kashmir valley. Never Forget Pakistan has titled the album as ‘What if you knew the Victim? #IndiaCantSee #LetKashmirDecide’.Srinagar: All Parties Sikh Coordination committee APSCC has condemned the indiscriminate use of pellet guns during the ongoing turmoil in Kashmir. The ASPCC Chairman Jagmohan Singh Raina has urged the government to stop the indiscriminate use of such lethal weapons. Jagmohan said, “It’s unfortunate that more than 100 of youth have fallen prey to pellets in which most the youth are at the danger of losing their eye sight.” He urged the people to maintain peace so that normalcy is one again restored, so that people of valley can buy the essential commodities including medicines and baby food. The death toll in the ongoing spate of violence mounted to 34 today. Mushtaq Ahmad Dar of Hadpora village of Qazigund who had received critical injuries on Saturday succumbed to his injuries last night in the hospital. Another youth Shahid Ahmad Magray of Larnoo-Kokernag too succumbed to his injuries last night. Kashmir continues to be on boil as the death toll in the ongoing protests in the Valley triggered by killing of Hizbul Mujahideen Commander Burhan Wani continues to rise by this evening when this editorial was filed. The youth continued to fight pitched battles with police and paramilitary forces across the Valley and attacked Air Force base in Pulwama, police stations and police posts. A woman identified as Yasmeena of Damhal Hanjipora area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir, who had sustained critical bullet injuries yesterday in police action, succumbed to injuries at SMHS hospital today. Besides, eight other people, who had sustained injuries in police and paramilitary forces firing, also succumbed to injuries today. Massive protests rocked almost all parts of the valley, where forces used force to quell the mourners. The curfew remained in force in four districts of South Kashmir, parts of uptown and downtown Srinagar and other parts of the Valley. In Srinagar city, roads continue to remain deserted and youth clashed with police and CRPF men at Maisuma, Amira Kadal, HMT, Nowgam, Maharaja Bazar, Batamaloo, Rambagh, Chanapora, Baghi Mehtab, Hyderpora, Humhama, Ompora, Barzulla, Budgam, old city areas Subscribe My channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVQuF1-zPwCwxhp639_5zZQ http://neverforget.pk/ www.tubbn.com/ www.facebook.com/Tubbn/