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Kashmir
to 'study and learn' from Amnesty report
Wednesday March 23, 2011 06:22:20 PM,
IANS
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Jammu: The Jammu and
Kashmir government will study a report by the international
watchdog Amnesty International on alleged human rights abuse in
the state and would not relegate it to the "dustbin", Chief
Minister Omar Abdullah said Wednesday.
"The report would not be ignored nor it would be thrown into the
dustbin," Abdullah assured the state assembly.
"I assure the house that the report would be studied and would be
seriously considered and its suggestions would be worked on. It's
an important report and (has) lessons to be learnt."
The Amnesty International had circulated its report on Kashmir
alleging that there were indiscriminate arrests and the Public
Safety Act (PSA) has been misused.
The global human rights watch group alleged that the state
government was misusing the PSA and described it as a "lawless
law".
The PSA gives power to the police to arrest any one and keep him
or her in detention for two years without trial.
However, the chief minister clarified that there were 1,153
incidents of violence in 2010 and 4,000 people were arrested.
"But at this moment, as I speak, there are 171 people in custody,
of them 128 are in custody because of PSA, 24 under judicial
custody, 19 in police custody."
He made a passionate plea to all the members of the house to come
forward and cooperate in ensuring a peaceful summer ahead.
"Let there be one good season and I assure that the things would
come back to normal," he said, adding that he would take all steps
to maintain peace and order.
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