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HR/00/53
17 August 2000
The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Asma Jahangir, has urged the Governments of Pakistan and India to investigate the recent outbreak of violence in Kashmir which has left over 100 dead.
Ms. Jahangir cites reports that more that 12 people were reported killed and 30 others injured in Srinagar on 10 August 2000 by a car bomb allegedly triggered by the Hizbul Mujahideen guerrillas. It has also been reported that the Hizbul Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for the 8 August killing of 12 soldiers in an attack on an Indian army base. The Special Rapporteur, recalling that the Hizbul Mujahideen is allegedly based in Pakistan, called on the Islambad Government to investigate the allegations and to ensure that all possible steps will be taken to prevent further attacks.
The Special Rapporteur also called on India to conduct a high-level independent enquiry into the 1 August killing of over 85 people in the Kashmiri villages of Pahalgam, Anantnag and Pogal. Reports following the attack have linked the Hizbul Mujahideen and Indian security forces to the deaths, Ms. Jahangir said.
In appealing to the two Governments, the Special Rapporteur said the recent violence "imperils the nascent peace process in Kashmir and delays one key dividend of such a process: an end to arbitrary and summary killings in that tortured land".
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17 August 2000
The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Asma Jahangir, has urged the Governments of Pakistan and India to investigate the recent outbreak of violence in Kashmir which has left over 100 dead.
Ms. Jahangir cites reports that more that 12 people were reported killed and 30 others injured in Srinagar on 10 August 2000 by a car bomb allegedly triggered by the Hizbul Mujahideen guerrillas. It has also been reported that the Hizbul Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for the 8 August killing of 12 soldiers in an attack on an Indian army base. The Special Rapporteur, recalling that the Hizbul Mujahideen is allegedly based in Pakistan, called on the Islambad Government to investigate the allegations and to ensure that all possible steps will be taken to prevent further attacks.
The Special Rapporteur also called on India to conduct a high-level independent enquiry into the 1 August killing of over 85 people in the Kashmiri villages of Pahalgam, Anantnag and Pogal. Reports following the attack have linked the Hizbul Mujahideen and Indian security forces to the deaths, Ms. Jahangir said.
In appealing to the two Governments, the Special Rapporteur said the recent violence "imperils the nascent peace process in Kashmir and delays one key dividend of such a process: an end to arbitrary and summary killings in that tortured land".
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