Kashmir
Reader: Srinagar: Wednesday, 05 November 2014.
Condemning
the killing of two teenagers by the army, the J&K RTI Movement on Tuesday
stated it would launch a campaign on the pattern of Tosamaidan Bachao Front to
seek revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
“The
atrocious crime of army again reminds about draconian laws like AFSPA, which
provides impunity to troopers serving in this militarized region. The
atrocities and killing cannot be legitimized by the world’s ‘biggest democracy’
and cases can’t be put under the carpet by shielding its forces time and
again,” a party statement said.
It said
Kashmiris were never safe under these “draconian” laws.
“The entire
population of Kashmir region has been living under a constant terror of these
laws for the past 25 years. The state has been calling for probes, which have
not delivered any justice in past cases.
“Ordering a
probe in Kashmir is futile exercise and meant to shield the culprits. The need
of the hour is to revoke AFSPA and other inhuman laws from J&K as soon as
possible so that no human loss takes place in future. India needs to be serious
about the revocation of AFSPA now,” it added.
“We appeal
the conscious citizens and civil society members to support us on this cause
like they did earlier during demilitarization of Tosamaidan campaign,” it said.
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