Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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Amnesty International accused security forces of exploiting the [[Armed Forces Special Powers Act]] that enables them to "hold prisoners without trial". The group argues that the law, which allows security to detain individuals for as many as two years "without presenting charges, violating prisoners’ human rights".<ref>{{cite web|last=Huey |first=Caitlin |url=http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/03/28/amnesty-international-cites-human-rights-abuse-in-kashmir |title=Amnesty International Cites Human Rights Abuse in Kashmir |publisher=Usnews.com |date=28 March 2011 |accessdate=2012-10-01}}</ref>

Former [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Indian Army Chief]] [[Vijay Kumar Singh|General V. K. Singh]] rejected the accusations that the action was not taken in the cases of human rights violations by Army personnel. On 24 October 2010, he has said that 104 Army personnel had been punished in Jammu and Kashmir in this regard, including 39 officers. He also said that 95% of the allegations of human rights abuses against Indian Army were proved to be false, of which he remarked, had apparently been made with the "ulterior motive of maligning the armed forces". Going into details, he said: 'since 1994, 988 allegations against the Army personnel were received in Jammu and Kashmir. Out of these, 965 cases were investigated in which 940 were found to be untrue, accounting for 95.2%, leaving only 25 genuine allegations.'<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-104-armymen-punished-for-human-rights-violations-in-jk-gen-vk-singh-1457257|title=104 armymen punished for human rights violations in JK: Gen VK Singh {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2010-10-24|work=dna|access-date=2017-04-24|language=en-US}}</ref>

In the later revelations on 24 September 2013 made by General V. K. Singh, he said that the state politicians of Jammu and Kashmir are funded by an Army secret service to keep the general public at calm and this activity is there since the partition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-24/india/42359670_1_gen-vk-singh-v-k-singh-former-army-chief|title=Paying ministers nothing new in J&K, former Army chief Gen VK Singh|publisher=indiatimes.com|accessdate=2013-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/news/jk-ministers-on-army-payroll-gen-singh/155853.html|title=JK ministers on Army payroll: Gen Singh|publisher=greaterkashmir.com|accessdate=2013-10-09}}</ref>