Kashmir is no Iran

As I hear non-stop news about the protests in Iran and the views of the US senators and congressmen and women on those protests, I wonder how Iranians managed to attract so much International attention.
On June 12th, Ahmedinijad was reelected as the president of Iran after a landslide victory. Soon after the results were declared the defeated candidates led by Mousavi alleged voting fraud and a stolen election. The supporters of Mousavi started street protests to have the elections annulled. The protests are going on as I write this post.
The coverage that these protests are getting is unprecendented. A few days of street protests in Iran against what the protestors call a rigged presidential election, has garnered tremendous support from the west and the western media. The news channels primarily show amateur videos and analysts present their opinions on these human rights violations. While I am against any human rights violation I can't understand why the media and the elected represntatives of the western governments are so vocal this time. Some of you who are reading this might be wondering my inability to comprehend this response when it seems a morally upright reaction. The reason is I don't believe it is only about human rights, I hope I am wrong.
My reaction is based on the response (or lack thereof) of all these governments on the human rights violations elsewhere, particularly Kashmir. Kashmir has been seeing such protests and the brutality of the security forces for the past 20 years and not an eyelid has batted. We have not seen even a millionth part of the response shown by the world for the developments in Iran, when we consider Kashmir. Tens of thousands of people have been killed, thousands of young men have disappeared, there are tens of thousands of orphans and widows, hundreds of women have been raped, but nobody outside of Kashmir seems to notice anything.
I am not sure what it takes to receive the world's attention because if it was the human rights violation Kashmir should have been a headline for the past 20 years. So what is it? Anybody out there, with an answer?

It sends shivers down my spine

Two young girls, aged 17 and 22, were raped and murdered in the Shopian area of my homeland, Kashmir. The locals allege Indian security forces to be responsible. People have been protesting for the last 13 days demanding that the perpetrators of this barbarity be found and punished.

Government as usual has been vague and slow in its response. The head of the state started with a denial, declaring that these young women had drowned in the brook near which their dead bodies had been found. After a few days of protests and the reports from the forensic labs, it was confirmed that the girls had been raped before being murdered. As a result, the state government initiated a one man commission of inquiry into the incident.

An eye witness came forward to depose before the commission. It is reported that he saw the Indian army men surrounding a military vehicle. According to this witness he heard the shrieks of some women calling for help, 'Bhayou mey bachaao' (brother save me), 'Moojey mey bachaai' (mother save me) coming from inside that army vehicle. This person was seen by the men guarding the vehicle and asked to leave, which he obediently did.

I am not sure what these shrieks mean to anyone reading this, for a kashmiri, atleast in my case, it runs a chill down my spine. These are the words of extreme helplessness and I quiver after reading them and thinking about the agony and pain that those girls must have gone through. It is a shame that something like this could happen. I pray that the barbarians who did this get exposed before the world and face justice for this inexplicable crime.