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14.09.2006 - Source: BBC News
Kashmir: Soldier killed colleague in Rajouri district; stress has been blamed for violence among security forces ("Kashmir soldier kills colleague") [ID 17706]
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25.05.2006 - Source: BBC News
India 'will halt Kashmir abuses' ("India 'will halt Kashmir abuses'") [ID 15479]
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23.08.2005 - Source: BBC News
8 people, including 1 soldier, arrested for allegedly passing to Pakistan secrets of Indian army's troop deployments on border with China ("Trial of India 'spy for Pakistan'") [#35724], [ID 7731]
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29.07.2004 - Source: South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Article on the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), arbitrary arrests, executions, torture ("Losing hearts and minds. It’s easy when you use laws like the AFSPA (HRF/102/04)") [#24547], [ID 7732]
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25.02.2004 - Source: US Department of State
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003 ("Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003") [#19765], [ID 7733]
"The armed forces are under civilian control. Members of the security forces committed numerous serious human rights abuses; however, some officers from the security forces were held accountable for their actions during the year. [...]
In addition, the NHRC issued guidelines to state governments with the goal of helping to prevent encounter deaths. However, members of the security forces rarely were held accountable for these killings. The NHRC may ask for a report from a state government, but does not have the statutory power to investigate such allegations. Human rights activists maintained that the Government increasingly substituted financial compensation to victims' families for punishment of those found guilty of illegal conduct. In some cases, victims or victims' families distrusted the military judicial system and petitioned to transfer a particular case from a military to a civil court. The authorities generally did not report encounter deaths that occurred in Jammu and Kashmir to the NHRC. [...]
The Armed Forces Special Powers Act and the Disturbed Areas Act remained in effect in several states in which active secessionist movements exist, namely, in Jammu and Kashmir, Nagaland, Manipur, Assam, and parts of Tripura. The Disturbed Areas Act gives police extraordinary powers of arrest and detention, which, according to human rights groups, allowed security forces to operate with virtual impunity in areas under the act. The Armed Forces Special Powers Act provides search and arrest powers without warrants (see Section 1.d.)."
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14.01.2003 - Source: UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights)
Report focused on violence against women (its causes and consequences) ("Integration of the human rights of women and the gender perspective: The violence against women [E/CN.4/2003/75/Add.2]") [#11278], [ID 7734]
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08.2002 - Source: European Reintegration Networking
Background information on India (including procedures for entrance, supply and care, health, education, work opportunies,...) ("Background information on India (including procedures for entrance, supply and care, health, education, work opportunies,...)") [#28646], [ID 7735]
"[...]Armee
Als Faktor gesellschaftlicher und politischer Stabilität gilt in Indien der große Sicherheitsapparat mit seiner erheblichen Durchschlagkraft.
Mit ihren ca. 1,26 Millionen Soldaten ist die indische Armee die viertgrößte der Welt. Diese kam auch intern bei zahlreichen Anlässen, darunter bei der Erstürmung des Goldenen Tempels von Amritsar oder bei Zusammenstößen in Kaschmir zum Einsatz.
Das indische Militär steht seit 1955 nach der Abschaffung des Commander in Chief unter strikter ziviler Kontrolle. Die drei Service Chiefs, die jeweils über Armee, Navy und Airforce präsidieren, sind untereinander trotz zahlenmäßiger größeren Bedeutung der Armee gleichgestellt und unterstehen dem zivilen Verteidigungsministerium.
Die Armee hat vier Hauptaufgaben bei der Erhaltung der öffentlichen Ordnung und internen Sicherheit. Eine Aufgabe ist die territoriale Integrität Indiens zu erhalten und die Unverletzbarkeit (inviolability) ihrer Grenzen zu gewährleisten. Eine andere Aufgabe ist der Umgang mit internen Sicherheitsproblemen aufgrund von separatistischen Bestrebungen und von externen Kräften unterstützten Aufständen. Weiterhin wird sie zur Wiederherstellung der öffentlichen Ordnung zur Hilfe gerufen, wenn lokale Polizeikräfte oder die Spezialeinheiten nicht dazu in der Lage sind. Dies kam immer vor, vor allem in den Staaten Assam, Jammu und Kaschmir und Panjab. Schließlich kommt sie bei natürlichen Katastrophen wie Überschwemmungen oder Erbeben zum Einsatz.
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