Report identifies 500 ‘alleged perpetrators’ of human rights abuses from low-ranking policemen to Indian army generals
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Jason Burke in Delhi
- guardian.co.uk, Thursday 6 December 2012
Indian soldiers patrol a sector near the India-Pakistan border in
the northern Indian state of Kashmir Photograph: MANISH SWARUP/AP
Hundreds of serving Indian soldiers, including senior officers, are accused of involvement in widespread human rights abuses in Kashmir in a new report to be published on Thursday.
Many have been decorated and promoted despite serious allegations against them, the authors say. In a move likely to provoke anger, the report, by a team of veteran legal activists in the Himalayan state, names 500 “alleged perpetrators” ranging from low-ranking policemen to Indian army generals.
The charges relate to incidents occurring throughout more than 20 years of violence pitting armed religious and separatist groups against New Delhi’s rule in Kashmir, and include shootings, abductions, torture and rapes.
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