ISLAMABAD: Defence spokesman for Indian army’s Udhampur based NorthernCommand says Indian Army has started providing armed training and weaponsto the notorious anti-Muslim elements in the name of Village DefenceCommittees (VDC) in Jammu region.
Navneet while confirming the training and weapon supply to the VDC memberssaid Indian army regularly meets VDC members in most remote areas of JammuKashmir to harass and keep the local Muslims under constant threat.
He said these VDC members have killed many innocent Muslims at the behestof Indian army in Jammu region in the past.
Report on India’s brutal torture released in IOK: The Jammu KashmirCoalition of Civil Society and the Association of Parents of DisappearedPersons while releasing a comprehensive report on human rights violationsby India have urged the United Nations to establish a commission of inquiryto investigate the brutal torture inflicted by Indian forces in theoccupied territory.
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The report released by the JKCCS and APDP in Srinagar on Monday also calledupon India to ratify the UN Convention against torture and also allowglobal right groups’ unhindered access to Kashmir, Kashmir Media Servicereported.
The 560-page report focuses on the torture perpetrated in Jammu and Kashmirby the Indian forces since 1990.