Amnesty International India has sought independent and transparent probe into the alleged fake encounter of three persons in Shopian disrict.
According to Amnesty India statement, responding to the reports of the army authorities inquiring into the alleged extrajudicial execution of three labourers on 18 July 2020 in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, Avinash Kumar, Executive Director of Amnesty International India said: “Amnesty International India calls for the extrajudicial execution to be investigated and prosecuted by independent civilian authorities. Civilian investigations and trials offer a degree of transparency and independence that is missing from the military justice system.”
“The UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which India is a state party has stated that in cases of human rights violations by security forces, investigations should be carried out by civilian authorities in order to ensure independence.”