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Amnesty favours trial of rights violators in
Kashmir
Wednesday February 08, 2012 04:29:37 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Security
personnel involved in rape and murder cases in Jammu and Kashmir
should stand trial instead of seeking immunity under the often
criticised armed forces' special powers law, human rights group
Amnesty International has said.
Welcoming a Supreme Court ruling on the blanket immunity under the
Armed Forces Special Powers Act, the rights watchdog said: "There
should be no need to obtain prior approval for prosecuting
security personnel charged with having committed grave human
rights violations such as rape and murder".
The apex court on Feb 4 said rape and murder committed by army
personnel should be considered a "normal crime" and that there was
"no question of sanction" from the government to prosecute them.
"Members of the army must stand trial when facing charges of
serious violations of human rights, instead of hiding behind the
controversial AFSPA," Amnesty International's Asia-Pacific
director Sam Zarifi said in a statement.
Citing human rights defenders in India, Zarifi said the union home
ministry has recommended approval in only eight of 50 cases in
which the Jammu and Kashmir government had sought clearance for
prosecuting security personnel for human rights violations -
"including torture, rape and extra-judicial executions".
The defence ministry has denied approval in all such 50 cases,
said the Amnesty official.
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