Amnesty International's damning report on human rights violations in J&K

July 01, 2015 16:25

The international human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has called for revoking of AFSPA and investigations into the human rights violations in J&K by an "independent and impartial" authority.

Seeking removal of all "requirements of sanction or prior permission' to prosecute security force personnel, Amnesty International has identified "impunity' and "lack of political will' as a long standing problem in J-K.

The demands have been made in the report "Denied '" Failures in accountability for human rights violations by security force personnel in Jammu and Kashmir' that was released on Wednesday. Read more

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