Amid the recent updates regarding the 18 July 2020 incident where the Indian army said three terrorists were killed in the higher reaches of Shopian in South Kashmir, family members of three laborers from Rajouri in Jammu who went missing in the Shopian district of Kashmir last month have alleged, on the basis of photographs, are their innocent relatives.
The Indian army had said that the three men killed were ‘unidentified militants’. The UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), has stated that the Indian army has violated human rights.
Amnesty International is demanding an independent inquiry into the alleged extrajudicial execution of three laborers by its troops on 18 July 2020 in the Shopian district of Jammu Kashmir.
Avinash Kumar, Executive Director of Amnesty International India, said, “Amnesty International India calls for the extrajudicial execution to be investigated and prosecuted by independent civilian authorities. Civilian investigations and trials offer a degree of transparency and independence that is missing from the military justice system.”
The UN Human Rights Committee, UN Special Rapporteurs, and the Supreme Court of India have previously criticized the military justice systems.
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