Srinagar : Communist Party of India (Marxist) state secretary MY Tarigami today said human rights in the Jammu and Kashmir have been "trampled" by state and non-state actors during the past 20 years. In a statement on World Human Rights day today, Tarigami said the state faces a breakdown of infrastructure and civic institutions.
"We are faced with armed conflicts which lead to the breakdown of infrastructure and civic institutions, to greater human suffering and increased poverty, which are ultimately violations of the rights of people," he said. "The gross violation of the human rights has left behind traumatising tales almost in all pockets of the state," he said, appealing to all concerned to continue their struggle for a culture of tolerance and peace.
Meanwhile, Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), a body formed by the relatives of missing persons in Kashmir, demanded that the Centre appoint an "independent and fair" commission to probe the causes and circumstances that led to what they called "enforced disappearances." APDP was formed 16 years ago to press for demand to know the whereabouts of disappeared persons, whose numbers are contested by the organisation and the government. APDP also demanded the Centre to "ratify the convention on enforced disappearances."
(Courtesy : www.dnaindia.com, 11/12/2010)
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