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CUSTODIAL KILLINGS


"disappearances" is one of several forms of gross human rights violations of concern to Amnesty International. Human rights violations persistently perpetrated in Jammu and Kashmir include, reportedly, hundreds of extra judicial executions, sometimes in the form of staged "encounters', routine and brutal torture, including, rape, and the detention of many thousands of political prisoners held for months or years without being brought to trial while they are denied the minimum legal safeguards provided in internationals human rights standards. many have died in custody after torture and numbers of custodial deaths in Jammu and Kashmir has reached alarming proportions".

Amnesty Internationals report Dec., 1993, "An unnatural Fate" (Page - 4)

"The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has investigated several alleged 'disappearances' and has been presented with strong prima facie evidence that security forces kept the victims in secret detention".

Amnesty International Report Dec. 93, "An Unnatural Fate" page 17.

"Hundreds of people are alleged to have died in custody in recent years in Jammu and Kashmir and often their bodies were dumped in the open. Some times with visible injuries".

Amnesty International Report Dec. 93, "An unnatural fate", Page-5

"Torture methods most frequently cited were beatings often with lathis (canes), and, less frequently, suspension by the wrists or ankles, electric shocks and rape".

Amnesty International Report 1994, Page 157-158

"NUMEROUS PEOPLE - PROFESSORS, DOCTORS, LAWYERS AND STUDENTS, HAVE BEEN PICKED UP BY THE SECURITY FORCES ON MERE SUSPICION AND GIVEN THIRD DEGREE PUNISHMENTS AT VARIOUS INTERROGATION CENTRES BEFORE RELEASE. MANY HAVE DIED IN THE PROCESS".

Kuldip Nayar, The Sentinel, Guwahati, June 9, 1993

"Methods of torture include severe beatings, electric shock, suspension by the feet or hands, stretching the legs apart, burning with heated objects and sexual molestation. One common form of torture involves crushing the leg muscles with a heavy wooden roller".

Physicians for Human Rights and Asia Watch Mar 93 - page

"Every Security force has its own interrogation Centres in Kashmir, which include temporary detention centres at BSF, CRPF and Army Camps, hotels and other buildings that have been taken over by security forces".

Physicians for Human Rights and Asia Watch Mar 93-Page 29

"Detainees arrested by the Army and para - military forces in Jammu and Kashmir are usually taken to special interrogation centres, where torture is reportedly routine. Their relatives are not told where they are and do not know where to look for them".

Amnesty International Report - 93 An Unnatural Fate, Page 4




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