Rights groups say 150 top officers among Indian security forces accused of killings,abductions, torture and sexual violence in disputed regionTwo human rights groups fill accused the Indian government of an “institutional cover-up” to avoid punishing dozens of tall-ranking military and police officials implicated killings, or disappearances,torture and sexual violence in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
A report by the International Peoples’ Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir and the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) has identified more than 900 individuals whom it blames for a range of human rights abuses carried out by Indian security forces between 1990 and 2014. They include 150 officers of the rank of major or above.
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Source: theguardian.com