Report lists 214 human rights violation in Indian Kashmir
The report, released at a press conference in Srinagar, lists 214 cases and points out 500 perpetrators, which include 235 army personnel, 123 paramlilitary personnel, 111 police personnel and 31 militants.
Numerous senior officials of the Indian army were implicated in these crimes, including two major generals, three brigadiers, nine colonels, three lieutenant colonels, along with many other senior paramilitary and police officials.
The IPTK report also revealed a policy which prohibits the investigation or prosecution of army officials for human rights violations.
The State Human Rights Commission, a judiciary arm in Jammu and Kashmir, implements the method of granting compensation to victims instead of examining human rights cases, as stated in the report.
Missing persons
The APDP demanded an investigation into 8,000-10,000 cases of custodial disappearances in Indian Kashmir by an independent and credible commission.
APDP leader Parveena Ahanger said, "Our stand on the enforced disappearances has been once again vindicated by the recent study conducted by Kashmir University," KMS reported.
Ahanger stated that in most cases, the suspects have been identified by family members of victims and cases against them are pending in court. She insisted that these criminals be convicted, as all the evidence is readily available to the courts.
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dissapeared persons are Pakistanis and whosoever Pakistanni enter will dissapear
@Harish:
I dont know about other areas but as far as civilization of muslims in kashmir valley is concerned it has got nothing to dow with india and its roots are in dardic languages and cultures practiced in other dardic areas of neighboring areas like gilgit, chitral in northern pakistan and pashayi areas in north eastern afghanistan.
"@True Picture:FREEDOM FOR KASHMIR" Totally agree with you but free both Kashmir's parts Indian Occupied Kashmir and Azad Kashmir and declare it just "United Kashmir" without the any interferences by the Indian and Pakistani governments thru any means and manifestations and accepting,respecting and recognizing its sovereignty,integrity,self-reliance,constitution and borders as permanent and international borders and by giving it as an independent state like the other independent states of the world on the world's map.......
As an Indian, I can say that if the State has committed acts of violence against its people in Kashmir, the guilty should be punished and a message sent out that we, the Indian citizens, do not abide with violence done in our name.
Its far more important to do the right thing when it is tough than to do the right thing when it is easy or expedient.
@Lala Gee: You are right India was not a nation before 1947. We Indians strongly believe with our hearts and minds that we are a civilization. What is a nation without its people?? We are far better than a nation state.., we are an ancient civilization that was ruled by many different kingdoms or dynasties but we never gave up our identities. We are Indians and we existed for thousands of years.. and we will continue to exist for thousands more. Do u even know who you are? Are u indian, Arab or Persian. What is your identity??
Indian army has absolute right to take whatever measures that are necessary to protect national interest in Kashmir just like Pakistan army has right to do the same in Balochistan.
Right, my Indian friends??? !!!!!
@Vineeth: The reason these separatist want independence is because they are aliens from Uzbekistan who migrated to Kashmir during Mughal rule. My claim based on history was a moral claim, not a legal one. Under which international law can a mere resident of a land claim ownership of land?!!! There is none. Moreover, if you want to take a legal position, Kashmir acceded to India in Oct, 1947 which by all international law and practice amounts to full and final transfer of the territory of Kashmir to India.
@Lala Gee: India was known as a common civilization for more than 5,000 years. It does not matter how many different kingdoms might have been there at different times of history. The fact is that the Current Union of India is formed by the aggregation of all these territories which formed the Indian civilization in the subcontinent and hence Kashmir is very much a part of it.
@ParvezM: Kashmir is Indian land based on history as well as by current law.
FREEDOM FOR KASHMIR
human rights need to be violated to crush a rebel.......think over it
@Ashok no offennse but you have really sick mentality!
@Harish: Who says Kashmir is Indian land? Who is allocating these land, I like to know so that I also request an allocation.
@Harish:
"If you engage in violent subversive and separatist activities against India while living on Indian land, you forfeited your “human rights”.
Mind you, this is not Indian land, it is the Kashmiri's land kept under occupation with the help of more than half a million Indian army.
"Kashmir is and has been Indian land now and for all of history"
Kashmir was not part of India even at the time of independence, let alone the whole history. Even India, as it is in present times, had never been like this in the whole history dating back to 5,000 years, but divided into several small kingdoms and states. You think the rest of the world is so ignorant of history that whatever you tell will be accepted by the rest of the world. Keep fooling yourself.
@Harish: I too find it hard to digest that Kashmir, which has been part of the Indian civilization for so long are inhabited now by people who demand its independence from us. But it seems you are blissfully unaware of current international laws, or forget them in the heat of passion. These separatists are inhabitants of this land for the last hundreds of years. Hence they have greater right to decide where they wish to belong, than non-residents like us. We may loathe the idea of giving this right to them, but it does not alter the fact that it is their right.
Good work by Human rights group. We need similar disclosures in many other areas in Pakistan also. Like Balochistan, Sindhistan, K-P, Karachi, and POK... all these places see regular violations which must be highlighted. They should also raise voices in Tibet and Xinjiang where our brothers are massacred every day by the communists. Shame on pakistan and ourselves that there is no one here to talk about these.
If you engage in violent subversive and separatist activities against India while living on Indian land, you forfeited your "human rights".
The question is that who are these so called separatist Kashmiris?!!! It is clear that since these separatists want to be independent from India, it means that they are not of Indian ancestry. Kashmir is and has been Indian land now and for all of history. Hence, the only way these non-Indian separatist can be "independent" is if they leave Kashmir. They cannot be independent of India, while living on Indian land.
India has been very kind and generous in allowing these aliens to continue to live on Indian land. But if they want to be free from India, these separatists must pack up and leave the Indian land of Kashmir.
@J.Sandhu:
Not mix up the topics. You are committing attrocities in Kashimir FULL STOP. You wont take better actions, terrorism is automatically continue.
You wanna debate on Pakistani issues..go in the right forum...here we its being discussed Indian Violations.
Till you wont accpet your mistakes nothing will change....
List away as much as you like, subversive elements have no rights. How much consideration do you give to the rights of TTP when you conduct army operations against them.