AI concerned over continued enforced disappearances in IHK
Srinagar, August 31 (KMS): The Amnesty International has taken serious note of continued enforced disappearances and abductions of innocent Kashmiris at the hands of Indian army in occupied Kashmir, expressing its displeasure over non-implementation of the promises made by the puppet regime and New Delhi, regarding putting an end to human rights abuses and awarding punishments to the troops involved in crimes against Kashmiris.In a statement issued here, the world human rights agency said, the majority of those who have disappeared are young men, but people of all ages, professions and backgrounds have been victims, many of whom have no connection with what India claims armed struggle against its rule in Jammu and Kashmir.
The statement notes that despite promises from the state puppet authorities in 2002 that perpetrators of human rights abuses would be prosecuted, and from New Delhi in June 2006 that there would be zero tolerance of human rights violations committed by Indian forces in Jammu and Kashmir, only a fraction of enforced disappearance cases have been investigated.
The Amnesty International also notes a pledge by the puppet regime that the so-called State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) would investigate all enforced disappearances. However the SHRC remains unable to order prosecutions against members of the Indian army without prior sanction from the Indian Home Ministry.
The statement recalls that in August 2006, outstanding concerns over the existing powers of the SHRC and its ability to effectively investigate enforced disappearances were further heightened when its chairperson resigned over the non-serious attitude of the puppet authorities towards addressing human rights violations.
According to occupied Kashmir-based Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons and figures of the independent sources, over 10,000 Kashmiris have been disappeared in Indian troops' custody since 1989.
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