{"id":30010,"date":"2012-12-12T13:15:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T11:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=30010"},"modified":"2012-12-12T13:15:50","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T11:15:50","slug":"india-must-probe-serious-allegations-of-hr-violations-in-kashmir-30010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/india-must-probe-serious-allegations-of-hr-violations-in-kashmir-30010\/","title":{"rendered":"India must probe serious allegations of HR violations in Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amnesty International says India must probe report of HR groups on human rights abuses in Indian Kashmir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amnesty International has said Indian authorities must take responsibility and initiate independent, impartial prompt and efficient investigations into serious allegations of human rights violations in Indian Kashmir.<\/h1>\n

Srinagar, Dec 12\/Nationalturk – The international human rights watchdog Amnesty International Wednesday asked Indian government to order impartial probe on report of human rights violations in Indian administered Kashmir submitted by two local human rights groups.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndian authorities must take responsibility and initiate independent, impartial prompt and efficient investigations into serious allegations of human rights violations in Kashmir,\u201d read an Amnesty statement.<\/p>\n

Two human rights groups — the International Peoples\u2019 Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Indian-Administered Kashmir (IPTK), and the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) — released a comprehensive report, \u201cAlleged Perpetrators \u2013 Stories of Impunity in Jammu and Kashmir\u201d on December 7 detailing human rights violations taking place in Indian Kashmir.<\/p>\n

The report largely based on official documents lists 214 key pending cases of human rights violations and seeks to identify the roles of 500 alleged perpetrators, 235 members of India\u2019s armed forces, 123 paramilitary personnel, 111 Jammu and Kashmir police officers and 31 members of armed militias allegedly sponsored by the state agencies, in these violations. The cases examined by the report include 125 extrajudicial executions, 65 enforced disappearances and instances of torture, including rape and other sexual assault.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Indian government and Kashmir government state must bring to justice, in fair proceedings, anyone, irrespective of rank, pointed by such independent investigations as suspected of offences related to these violations. The authorities must also provide reparations to victims of human rights violations in the region and their families,\u201d said Raheela Narchoor, Amnesty International India\u2019s Jammu & Kashmir Researcher.<\/p>\n

It said Amnesty is not in a position to comment on specific allegations within reports by other organizations. \u201cHowever, the Amnesty International does share the general human rights concerns documented and discussed in the report,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Indian govt must address overwhelming evidence compiled in report<\/h2>\n

She said Amnesty urges Indian government and Kashmir government to address what appears to be overwhelming evidence compiled in the report that judicial inefficiencies and draconian laws have facilitated an atmosphere in which individual officials cannot be held accountable for offences involving human rights violations.<\/p>\n

\u201cImpunity in Kashmir, which has witnessed a two decade-long armed insurgency, has been well documented. Members of both the state forces and non-state armed groups fighting the state are yet to be held accountable for hundreds of alleged human rights violations,\u201d Narchoor said.<\/p>\n

It is pertinent to mention here that UN Special Rapporteur on Extra Judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions has noted that the Kashmir government was as reluctant as Indian government to address allegations of serious human rights violations despite the presentation of comprehensive and credible evidence.<\/p>\n

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Faiz Ahmad \/ NationalTurk India News<\/strong><\/p>\n

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