Jammu and Kashmir
II. Human rights
violations by the security forces
b. Violations of the
right to life
c. Arbitrary arrest,
illegal detention and torture
IV. Violations of the
rights of indigenous peoples
VI. Violations of the
rights of the child
VII. Status of
internally displaced persons and refugees
VIII. Violations of the
prisoners’ rights
IX. Violations of
International Humanitarian Law by the AOGs
I. Overview
Ruled
by the Indian National Congress-People's Democratic Party coalition, Jammu and
Kashmir continued to be afflicted by armed conflict and human rights violations
by both the security forces and armed opposition groups (AOGs). According to
Union Home Ministry, at least 33 AOGs were operating in Jammu and Kashmir.
According
to estimates of the State government 42,147 persons have been killed in the
violence in Jammu and Kashmir up to the period February 2007. These included
20,647 militants, 5,024 security personnel and 11,221 civilians.
Human
rights and civil society groups however put the figures at more than 80,000
killed since 1989. As per the fact-sheet, 18,600 persons have been arrested
during anti-militant operations but the majorityhave been released on court
orders, recommendations of screening committees or human rights cells. As of
March 2007, about 365 people were still in judicial custody. In addition, 497
people were detained under the Public Safety Act. While 413 were in state
jails, 84 were under detention in jails outside the state.
The
government claimed that it had ordered investigation into 79 cases of human
rights abuse perpetrated by security forces in the period 1990 to March 2007.
Out of these only 35 enquiry committees had submitted their reports. 44 were pending. The findings of these
inquiries too were not made public. Even the few cases that were investigated
by the State Human Rights Commission rely on official reports and made little
visible impact as the directions of the Commission are not implemented by the
authorities.
AOGs
were responsible for violations of international humanitarian laws including
torture, kidnapping and killings.
Women
and children remained extremely vulnerable to violence, rape and molestation by
both sides.
Jammu
and Kashmir was subject to judicial delay. As of 1 January 2008, there were
five vacancies of judges in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. There were also
26 vacancies of judges in the state’s district and subordinate courts as of 30
September 2007. A total of 45,374 cases were pending in the High Court while
1,62,741 cases were pending in the district and subordinate courts as of 30
September 2007.
II. Human rights violations by the
security forces
Jammu
and Kashmir continued to witness serious human rights violations. The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) led
by Yasin Malik claimed that the human rights situation deteriorated in Jammu
and Kashmir and that as many as 677 civilians have been killed, including 44
persons in security forces custody from
December 2006 to November 2007. It also claimed that about 70 women raped and
molested by the armed forces. The claims could not be independently verified.
According
to the Ministry of Home Affairs, 1,158 complaints of human rights violations were
received against Army personnel and the Central Para Military Forces from
January 1994 to December 2007. 1,118 were investigated and 1,085 have been
found to be false. In 33 cases penalties were imposed on 62 personnel of the
Army and the Central Para Military Forces. In 6 cases compensation was awarded. However, the names of those punished
have not been made public. The figures lack transparency and this seriously
weakens their credibility.
Justice
MY Kawoosa, Chairman of the State Human Rights Commission stated that it had
received at least 3,600 cases and 2,500 cases were disposed off.
a. Enforced disappearances
Hundreds
of people have disappeared in Jammu and Kashmir since the internal armed conflict
began in 1990. On 25 March 2003, the Minister for Law and Finance of Jammu and
Kashmir, Mr Muzaffar Hussain Beig stated in the State Assembly that a total of
3,744 persons had disappeared in the State from 1990 to December 2002 and 135
of them had been declared dead up to June 2002. However, the Association of
Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) put the number of missing persons in
Kashmir at over 10,000.
Many
of those disappeared have been killed in security force custody. The National
Human Rights Commission registered only one case of death in the custody of
Defence and Paramilitary Forces in Jammu and Kashmir during 1 April 2006 - 31
March 2007.
b.
Violations of the right to life
i. Custodial killings
Security
forces were responsible for custodial killings. The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) registered 19 custodial
deaths from May to July 2007; 42 custodial disappearances from April to July
2007 and 29 cases of harassment by security forces from April to July 2007.
These records pertain only to Kashmir division and that too from the areas
where people have access and are willing to risk documenting a case with the
SHRC office; these figures must be seen against a context where the SHRC has
failed to demonstrate an ability to realize justice.
On
14 February 2007, Shoukat Ali was allegedly tortured to death in Rajouri police
station. He was arrested on charges of theft on 13 February 2007. Shoukat
Ahmad, Station House Officer (SHO) of the police station, and head constable
Gain Chand were suspended in connection with the case.
On 20 February 2007, the Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission
ordered a probe into the custodial killing of a youth named Tarsem Lal of
Mandal Phalian village under Satwari police station, near Jammu on 17 February
2007 and asked the Inspector-General of Police, Jammu Range, and the Deputy
Commissioner to submit the report in four weeks. Four police personnel have
been suspended and arrested. The state government also announced compensation
of Rs 1,00,000 for the family deceased and a magisterial inquiry.
On
2 April 2007, Ladakh Scout Jawan, Havildar Tsering Tondup, resident of Liker
village, was found hanging at Housing Colony police lock up in Leh, Jammu and
Kashmir. However, the Ladakh Buddhist Association alleged that the death was
not suicide as claimed by police.
On
24 April 2007, Rishi Kumar, son of Fallail Singh of Dhoki Charala died in
custody at Karara police post under the jurisdiction of Thathri police station
in Doda district. Singh was arrested along with five other persons - his sister
Ujala Devi and his father Fallail Singh, Indira Devi, wife of Madan Lal, Partap
Singh, son of Sansar Chand and Sandeep Kumar, son of Thakur Lal in connection
with the murder of Madan Lal, who was Rishi Kumar’s step brother. During
interrogation Rishi Kumar was severely beaten. He was transferred to Thathri
hospital on 21 April 2007 and then referred to Government Medical College
Hospital in Jammu on 22 April 2007. He died in the hospital 23 April 2007. The
deceased’s sister Ujala Devi was also raped by Sub Inspector Irfan Wani,
in-charge of Karara police post. Following a complaint by the victim, Mr Wani
was suspended and two separate inquiries have been ordered against him: a
magisterial inquiry into the killing of Rishi Kumar and a departmental inquiry
into rape charges.
On 8 May 2007, Abdul Rasheed, son of Abdul Rehman
of Morah Daraj, allegedly committed suicide by slitting his throat at Buddal
police station in Rajouri after being arrested on the charge of murder.
However, protestors alleged that Rehman was killed in police custody.
On
9 June 2007, Gurnam Singh (25), resident of Jandrah village on the
India-Pakistan border in Ramgarh area, allegedly committed suicide by hanging
himself from a ceiling fan in Ramgarh police station near Jammu.
On
29 January 2007, a local court in Jammu framed charges against four police
personnel identfied as Assistant Sub Inspector Gulzar Ahmed and constables
Roshan Dutta, Harbans Lal and Pishori Lal for their involvement in the
custodial death of a youth named Rakesh Kumar in Jammu city in 1997. The
deceased was arrested on 10 June 1997. He was transferred to Sainik Colony
police post for interrogation. Later he died in District Hospital, Gandhi
Nagar. The post-mortem report revealed that he had multiple injuries almost all
over his body.
ii. Extrajudicial executions
The
security forces were responsible for killing of civilians in fake encounters.
On
25 January 2007, labourer Mohammad Yaqoob Mir (21), resident of Abi Nowpora,
was allegedly killed by members of the 52nd Rashtriya Rifles at
Kralapora-Pattan after being picked up on 21 January 2007. The security forces
claimed that he was a militant and that some arms and ammunition were recovered
from him.
On
20 April 2007, Ms Fazi (65), widow of Abdul Razaq Magray, was allegedly killed
by security forces personnel while she was collecting firewood at Kandi in
Kupwara district. The army claimed that the elderly woman was killed during a
gunfight between militants and security forces.
On
19 October 2007, a teacher identified as Abdul Rashid Mir, son of Ghulam Ahmad
Mir of Rawalthpora, was tortured and later shot dead in army custody of the 46th AD Regiment at Marsari Chowkibal in Kupwara district. The post-mortem report
confirmed the death due to torture and bullet injuries.
On 17 November 2007, Riyaz Ahmed
Sofi (28), a civilian, was allegedly killed by personnel of 9th Rashtriya Rifles while he and
his brothers were on way to their shop at Damhal Hanjipora village in Kulgam district. The army claimed
that he was killed in a cross-fire with the militants.
In addition to alleged fake
encounters, many civilians were killed in indiscriminate shootings by the
police and army.
On 15 December 2007, a labourer
identified as Ghulam Mohammad Lone (18), resident of Sonmullah, was killed when
SOG personnel opened fire on civilians at Kukroosa in Kupwara district.
Allegations of the use
of civilians as human shields by the security forces in encounters continued.
In February 2007, one Nazir Ahmad Shah was allegedly used as a human shield and
was killed in an encounter in Shopian in South Kashmir. The security forces
stated that the deceased was killed during an encounter with an armed
opposition group.
c. Arbitrary arrest, illegal detention
and torture
Civilians
were often killed by security forces as retribution for killings of security
forces. On 23 January 2007, CRPF personnel reportedly torched three houses at
Panzgam village near Awantipora in Pulwama district following an Improvised
Explosive Device blast on a vehicle, carrying CRPF personnel which killed three
personnel and injured five others.
On
23 February 2007, watchman Kewal Ram (42), resident of Lane number 11 Gurah
Keran on Barnai-Bantalab road and working as Chowkidar of Jammu & Kashmir
Co-operative Housing Corporation at Mishriwalla in the outskirts of Jammu,
allegedly died of injuries after being beaten up by police including Assistant
Sub Inspector (ASI) Lal Chand of Police Station Gharota for not obeying him.
On
the night of 6 March 2007, three innocent villagers identified as Mohammad
Sadiq, son of Noor Mohammad, Mushtaq Ahmed, son of Ghulam Hassan and Abdul
Aziz, son of Mohammad Shafi, all residents of Bufliaz Surankot, were allegedly
illegally detained and beaten throughout the night after being picked up by the
Special Operation Group (SOG) team headed by Sub Inspector Paramjeet Singh from
their relative's house at Kasotie Gursai at Harni in Medhar.
On 14 May 2007, Tabassum Noor of Paneer-Jageer
Tral, a class X student of Government High School Mandoora Tral, was seriously
injured after allegedly ruthlessly beaten up on the head and on back with their
rifle butts by CRPF troops while she was on way to school in Mandoora Tral.
d. Impunity
The
Jammu and Kashmir Disturbed Areas Act; and Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir)
Special Powers Act of 1990 provide impunity to the security forces. Under
Section 6 of the Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act of 1990,
no legal proceeding can be brought against any member of the armed forces
without the permission from Central Government.
Following
increasing protest against fake encounter killings of civilians, in April 2007,
the Jammu and Kashmir government appointed a one-member commission of inquiry
consisting of Justice M.L. Koul, a retired judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High
Court, to probe fake encounters. The terms of reference of the commission
included determining responsibility for such killings and to recommend measures
to prevent further. The commission has been asked to submit its report within
three months.
Recommendations
by earlier commissions set up by the government to investigate similar extrajudicial
killings have not been implemented. For example, no action was taken in the
case of killing of Abdul Majeed, a resident of Tangmarg, by an army major
identified as K. Bhattacharya in January 2001. Despite the submission of the
status report of the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, North Kashmir
Range, M. S Lone before the High Court that Major K. Bhattacharya had killed
Abdul Majeed, no step was taken to bring the accused officer to trial.
The
status report described the sequence of events. It stated that on 9 January
2001 a written complaint was lodged by Haneefa Begum Wife of Late Ghulam Mohammad
Khan, resident of Khaipora, Tangmarg at Police Station Tangmarg against the
officers / officials of the army posted at Sagree-Batapora. In her complaint,
Haneefa alleged that the army personnel then camped at Sagree Batapora detained
Abdul Majeed Khan, from her residence for questioning on 8 January 2001. The
next day his body was found in a canal. The complainant alleged that the body
of the deceased bore wounds consistent with torture and that he was killed
during interrogation. The status report quoted the autopsy report that stated that
the death of the deceased was caused by excessive internal bleeding in the abdomen
and spleen rupture.
Similarly,
an investigation into the custodial killing of Sonaullah Malik, son of Ghulam
Qadir Malik, resident of Zilndfaran at ZumZumpora in Baramulla, revealed that
he was innocent and extra judicially killed in 1995. According to State Human
Rights Commission report, a full investigation of the case was conducted and it
concluded that this was a clear custodial killing perpetrated by Major Chinapa,
Major Acharya and CHM Mohammed Aslam of 28 RR. The SHRC had not received an
appropriate response within the time frame of this report.
III. The status of SHRC
The
Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) remained ineffective,
largely as a failure of due to state government’s apathy.
The
state government claimed to have implemented 390 out of total 650
recommendations made by the State Human Rights Commission while another 260
were under consideration during 2007. A Cabinet sub-committee was formed to
monitor implementation. On 29 November 2007, the Cabinet Sub Committee stated
that not all recommendations received by the government were related to cases
of human rights violations. Some recommendations pertained to purely
administrative nature. In a letter dated 26 November 2007 to the SHRC, the
state government also claimed that more than 59 per cent of the Commission’s
recommendations from 1997 to September 2007 have been fulfilled and many more
were in the process of implementation.
However,
in its Annual Report 2005-2006, the SHRC pointed out that the government first
forwarded the Commission’s recommendations to the concerned District
Commissioner for verification which effectively made the Commission’s findings
redundant. The government’s action on cases was effectively to subject the case
to further inappropriate scrutiny. The SHRC enjoys quasi judicial powers and
its recommendation can only be subject to judicial review.
The
government also failed to submit Action Taken Report to the Commission under
sub-section 5 of section 19 of the Jammu and Kashmir Protection of Human Rights
Act, 1997. In addition the SHRC also suffered from inadequate staffing, office
space building and financial independence.
IV. Violations of the rights of
indigenous peoples
In
August 2007, the J&K High Court asked the Government of India to consider
the case of Pahari speaking people of the state, who have demanded to be granted
Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. The court gave the directions on a writ petition
filed by Noor Mohammad Quereshi of Karnah in 2001.
On
30 July 2007, at the 31st meeting of the State Advisory Board for Development
of Gujjar and Bakerwals, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad approved the creation
of a separate directorate for tribal affairs in Jammu & Kashmir. He also announced
up-grading of 100 primary schools located in Gujjar and Bakerwal populated
areas in the state. This follows persistent demand of members of the Board for
establishment of a separate tribal directorate in the state to monitor works
taken up under Tribal Sub-Plan, special central assistance and Article 275 (i)
of the Indian Constitution under which special assistance for tribals is
received by the state.
V. Violence against women
The Jammu and Kashmir State Commission
for Women constituted in 1999 has been without a chairperson and two members
since 2003. The commission enjoys powers of civil court. But the state
government failed to enact legislation in accordance to the Central Commission
for Women Act.
The
security forces operating in Kashmir valley subjected to regular rape and
molestation allegations. According to official statistics, the annual rate of
rape was 250 in Jammu and Kashmir. On average there were 950 molestation cases
every year in J& K.
On
the night of 13 February 2007, a girl was allegedly gang raped by constable
Imtiyaz along with his friends in a hotel in Poonch district.
In
March 2007, a woman identified as Sammena Akhtar, wife of Mohammad Amin, was allegedly
molested by a soldier identified as Constable Bhoom Kumar who was on patrol
duty at Aadorah Nelo in Budgam.
On
the night of 15 April 2007, three army jawans identified as Mukesh Kumar of 40
Rajputan Rifles and Khursheed and Mohammad Shakeel of 156 Territorial Army
reportedly attempted to molest a woman and her daughter inside their house in
Rajouri. Mukesh Kumar was arrested after being caught by the locals while the
two others managed to escape.
On
23 May 2007, a 24-year-old girl, daughter of Ghulam Muhammad Sheik was
allegedly molested by soldiers of 21 Rastriya Rifles who entered her house
while carrying out searches at Takibal Chougal village in Handwara.
On
26 June 2007, two jawans identified as Major Joginder Singh and Naik Daljeet
Singh posing as militants forcibly entered the house of Mohammad Rafiq Gujjar
and allegedly attempted to rape his 17-year-old daughter Zarina at
Kunan-Gujjarpati in Bandipora district. Both the accused were caught by the
villagers and smeared with black paint on their faces and paraded naked.
On
20 July 2007, a woman was allegedly raped by two Constables identified as
Mohammad Shabir of Darhal and Mohammad Awaas of Thannamandi and was repeatedly
raped over night in a room of one of the constables at Ward number 4 in Rajouri
district.
On
19 August 2007, a 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped by Jawan Ajay Kumar of
27th Rastriya Rifles in Daskal village in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu
district.
On 21 July 2007, the State chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad claimed in the state
assembly that security forces were involved in only 4 percent of rape cases and
3- 4 percent of molestation cases in the state.
On 13 April 2007, a woman, sister
of custodial death victim Rishi Kumar, was allegedly kept in illegal police
custody for three days and raped by the police when she had gone to the police post to enquire about his
brother.
There
have been some interventions in the cases of violence against women.
In
June 2007, Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission ordered a probe and
recommended Rs 75,000 relief to a deaf and dumb woman allegedly gang raped by
security personnel in Kupwara district 14 years ago.
On
5 November 2007, the Army claimed to have court-martialed and awarded
punishment including reduction of rank to two jawans for the molestation of a
girl of Kunan Baba Gund village in Bandipore district on 26 June 2007.
On
the of 7 June 2007, wife of Qadeer, was allegedly raped twice by Suram Singh,
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Poonch after gagging her in his room
at the police station while she was being detained with her husband for
interrogation. The woman was allegedly raped by a friend of the DSP who was
also present.
VI. Violations of the rights of the
child
The
Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation stated that 74 % per cent of Gujjar
children between the ages of 7 to 15 were engaged in physical labour and were
being exploited in Jammu and Kashmir. The national literacy mission launched by
the government in 1988 with the objective of all-round development of poor
children in India had failed to touch the Gujjar tribe.
VII. Status of internally displaced
persons and refugees
The
government of India and the State government of Jammu and Kashmir regularly
announced schemes to encourage the return of the displaced Kashmiri Pandits but
the majority remained concerned by security. According to the 2007-2008 Annual
Report of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), there are still 55,456 Kashmiri
Pandit families who had been displaced by the conflict. Of these, 34,878
families are in Jammu, 19,338 families are in Delhi and 1,240 families are in
other States and Union Territories.
According
to information obtained by Asian Centre for Human Rights, the
State Governments of Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi have been providing basic dry
rations to the Kashmiri Pandits and cash relief of Rs 1,000/- per head per
month (subject to a maximum of Rs 4,000/- per family per month) in both the
Jammu and Delhi relief camps.
According to official sources, 6000
Pandits are still living in valley. They had been living in shanty cluster
colonies.
While
the case of displaced Kashmiri Pandits is widely debated, the case of 1600 Muslim and
1656 Sikh registered families who had to migrate from the Kashmir valley in
1990s due to insecurity has been ignored. The Muslim migrants felt threatened
on account of their political beliefs.
On
31 January 2007, the Jammu and Kashmir Government stated in the Legislative
Council that the migrants uprooted from the Doda, Rajouri, Poonch and Udhampur
border areas of Jammu division would be treated on a par with Kashmiri Pandits.
Nearly 20,000 families were displaced from these areas due to cross border
military action. . However, no action
was taken.
In addition, there are over 1.2
million refugees who had crossed over to India during the partition in 1947
from Pakistan Administered Kashmir have been denied rights and citizenship as
they were not from Jammu and Kashmir. They have been living in miserable
conditions in refugees’ settlements in and around Jammu including in over 34
camps in Jammu and RS Pura tehsils in Jammu district and in border areas of
Kathua-Jammu border belt. For the first time, Chief Minister Mr Ghulam Nabi
Azad set up a committee to look into the grievances of these refugees but no
action was taken.
VIII. Violations of the prisoners’
rights
The
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is given access only in Jammu
and Kashmir. The ICRC carries out visits to persons held in relation to the
situation in Jammu and Kashmir and submits confidential reports on its findings
to the Indian authorities on the basis of a Memorandum of Understanding signed
in 1995. In mid-2007, ICRC raised the issue of the living conditions and the
treatment of Kashmiri prisoners lodged in various jails across the country with
the Central government.
There
were hundreds of prisoners detained in jails denied legal representation. Some
of them have been detained for the last 17 years. Those detained for two years
under the detention laws were rearrested and detained again within the jail
premises before they were set free. There were regular instances where the
authorities have defied court orders.
Even Supreme Court directives have
been defied. In March 2007, the Supreme
Court summoned the Home Secretaries of twelve states including Jammu and
Kashmir on 24 April 2007 to explain the non-compliance of its earlier order
seeking replies regarding thousands of prisoners in jails without trial.
In
May 2007, Ghulam Mohiuddin, resident of Tangmarg in Baramulla district, had
allegedly gone missing from Udhampur jail. On 29 June 2007, the State Human
Rights Commission directed the Director General of Prisons to file a detailed
factual report on the whereabouts of Mohiuddin. On 5 May 2007, the Jammu and Kashmir
High Court ordered his release from jail.
IX. Violations of International
Humanitarian Law by the AOGs
Armed
opposition groups (AOGs) were responsible for violations of international
humanitarian laws, including killings, kidnapping etc. The AOGs were also
responsible for “selective killings” of non-Kashmiris or members of the
minority communities. Political party workers were specifically targeted.
On
1 April 2007, Congress leader Azhar Mohammad alias Jan Mohammad Kakroo was shot
dead and his security guard seriously injured by unidentified gunmen in
Baramulla town in North Kashmir. A militant outfit "Shohda Brigade
(Martyr's Brigade) claimed responsibility for the attack.
In
July 2007, one Devraj and his 9-year-old daughter Manjoo Devi were killed when
suspected AOG members entered the house of Village Defence Committee member
Mukesh Kumar’s house and opened fire on Dalhal village in Doda district.
On
14 November 2007, Ghulam Nabi Wani, National Conference Councilor, was shot
dead by suspected Lashkar-e-Al Fajr cadres outside Khanyar shrine in Srinagar.
AOGs were responsible for indiscriminate use of explosive devices. On 29 July 2007, six persons including four tourists from Gujarat and two
local women were killed and 19 others were injured in an alleged AOG-triggered
blast inside a bus near the Shalimar Gardens in Srinagar.
AOGs often issued threats to
villagers who have members of their family in the security forces. They warn
civilians not to participate in
the Independence Day celebrations.
On
16 August 2007, alleged members Hizbul Mujahideen reportedly kidnapped Mahammad
Rasheed, brother of Territorial Army soldier Muhammad Rafiq, and later killed
him by slitting his throat at Pangaber Dhok in Kotranka block in Rajouri
district.
On
18 August 2007, Muhammad Afsar (70), father of police constable Muhammad
Hanief, was reportedly killed by unidentified members of AOGs at Dakhan Wali
Dhok in the Kandi area in Rajouri district.
Minorities were specifically targeted by the AOGs. On 29 March 2007, five Hindu labourers were killed and four others injured when two suspected members of AOG attacked a shelter at Mathiani village in Rajouri district. The labourers were allegedly segregated based on their religion. After rounding up 11 Hindu labourers, the attackers opened fire, killing five of them. The deceased were identified as Sanjay Kumar (21), Chaman Lal (32), Mohinder Kumar (28), Baldeve Kumar (38) and Rachpaul Singh (26).
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42.
Cop,
friends rape girl in J&K hotel, The Times of India, 14 February 2007
43.
Soldier accused of molesting woman, The
Kashmir Times, 30 March 2007
44.
Jawan held for molestation, The Hindustan Times, 17 April 2007
45.
Handwara villagers
protest against molestation, The Kashmir Times, 23 May 2007
46.
Protest against girl's molestation by armymen - 30 injured in police firing, teargassing, lathi-charge on protestors in Bandipora,
The Kashmir Times, 28 June 2007
47.
Rajouri rape case - Police arrests
another cop, The Kashmir Times, 23 July 2007
48.
Jawan in rape net,
The Telegraph, 22 August 2007
49.
Security forces involved in 4 pc rape, motestation cases: Azad, The Kashmir Times, 21 July 2007
50.
Cops torture youth to death, ‘rape’
sister, The Tribune, 26 April 2007
51.
Rs 75000 relief to gangrape victim, The Tribune, 5 June 2007
52.
Molestation
case: 2 jawans court-martialed, The Tribune,
6 November 2007
53.
DySP accused of
raping woman - SHRC refers case to Crime Branch, The Kashmir Times, 20 October
2007
54.
“74 p.c. Gujjar kids
engaged in child labour”, The Hindu, 15 November 2007
55.
Pandits in Valley: Victims of miserable - living
conditions, govt apathy, The Kashmir Times, 22
February 2007
56.
Refugees in J and K - It must be accepted as a human
problem, The Tribune, 20 June 2007
57.
Jammu migrants to be compensated on a par with Kashmiri Pandits, The Tribune, 1 February 2007
58.
No hope in sight for 12 lakh Jammu refugees, The Statesman, 20 June 2007
59.
ICRC concern over
plight of Kashmiri prisoners, The Kashmir Times, 4 July 2007
60.
Languishing in jails - Warning to states defying SC
directive, The Kashmir Times, 30 March 2007
61.
Languishing in jails - Warning to states defying SC
directive, The Kashmir Times, 30 March 2007
62.
J&K SHRC asks DG
Prisons to file report on missing farmer, The Kashmir Times, 30 June 2007
63.
Cong leader shot dead
in Baramulla, The Kashmir Times, 2 April 2007
64.
Militants
kill VDC member’s kin, The Tribune, 17 July 2007
65.
Lull
over, NC leader shot in Valley, The Indian Express, 15 November 2007
66.
Tourists from Gujarat among six killed in blast
inside bus in Srinagar, The Indian Express, 30 July 2007
67.
Militants kill two villagers in Rajouri, The
Tribune, 20 August 2007
68.
Militants kill two villagers in Rajouri, The
Tribune, 20 August 2007
69.
5 labourers killed in J&K terror attack, The Times of
India, 31 March 2007
70.
Militants kill five labourers in Rajouri, The Indian Express, 31 March 2007