Cachemira: Omar instó a cumplir su promesa con respecto a los abusos en materia de recursos humanos en IHK

Primer Ministro Omar Abdullah "considerará" el memorendum que le fue enviado por los activistas de derechos humanos en el que se le insta a hacer frente a los abusos de derechos humanos que tienen lugar en la Cachemira ocupada. Continúe leyendo este artículo en inglés. .

Srinagar, February 14 (KMS): The noted human rights activists and members of The International People's Tribunal on human rights and justice, Pervez Imroz, Khuram Pervez, Gautam Naulakha, Angana Chaterji, Zahir-Ud-Din and Mihir Desai have sent a memorendum to the puppet Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, urging him to honour his promises to address the human rights abuses taking place in occupied Kashmir.

The memorendum demanded an impartial and full-scale investigation into the enforced disappearances, killings by police firings, fake encounter and extra-judicial Killings to bring the perpetrators to justice. It sought protection to the sites of mass graves and revelation of the identity of the people buried in these graves. Stating that the use of torture by military and paramilitary forces on innocent civilians is widespread in occupied Kashmir, the Human rights activists demanded a comprehensive ban on such practices and closure of unlawful detention and torture centres.

Pointing towards the brutalities of troops on the people the memorendum maintained that Kashmiri women have been subjected to rape, gang and collective rape while children and others have been the victims of physical and psychological torture and trauma during the past twenty years. It stressed the urgency of undertaking ethical, transparent, and independent assessments of the above in conditions that ensure the safety and security of the victims. The memorendum asked that prisoners’ rights not be violated, medical aid be readily made available, and that the right to legal counsel, due process, fair and speedy trials be upheld.

The human rights activists called for the revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, the Disturbed Areas Act, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, and the Public Safety Act and all other draconian laws that deny freedom of expression, freedom of speech, and freedom of assembly, and deny the democratic right to peaceful mobilization and dissent. They said that that the administration should ensure that the international organizations and institutions that have access to other places were allowed to visit the territory to take stock of the situation there.

Referring to Omar Abdullah’s move for instituting a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Human rights activists said that the viability and success of a TRC is only possible in a context where demilitarization has taken place, enabling a social context in which the will and freedom of the people of Kashmir can be exercised.

Meanwhile, Omar Abdullah said, he has taken into consideration the memorandum seeking his intervention highlighting the serious issues like disappearances, mass graves, innocent killings, truth and reconciliation commission and prisoner’s rights. “It is my duty to consider the letters sent to me,” he told a local daily. »

(Source: Kashmir Media Service, Omar urged to honour his promise regarding HR abuses in IHK)