Shehla Rashid alleged last month that the Indian Army was picking up men, raiding houses and torturing people in Jammu and Kashmir. The Army denied it.
The complaint was filed under the provisions of sedition by a Supreme Court lawyer who alleged that Rashid intended to excite disaffection towards the govt.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
Allegations of torcher by the Army in the Valley in the aftermath of revocation of Art 370 indeed are false. If true why haven’t any police complaints been registered till now? Where ever International Media has made such statements, they need to prove them. If false the Army needs to file defamation cases & seek compensation for villyfying the Forces & the country.
What kind of name brigadier, is Mahalingam What parents Give such a name to a child.
To find evidence of army abuse in Kashmir please google for the following reports from:
UN expert David Kaye Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression;
Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders;
Bernard Duhaime, Chair-Rapporteur, Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances;
Clement Nyaletsossi Voule, Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful assembly and association;
Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. UN experts are David Kaye Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders; Bernard Duhaime, Chair-Rapporteur, Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances; Clement Nyaletsossi Voule, Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful assembly and association; and Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, arbitrary executions.
That’s a blatant lie. Army has just recently killed three innocent firm labourers suspected wrongly as terrorist.
What Rawat says must be taken with a pinch of salt.
The man tied to the jeep came forward, but Rawat rewarded the army officer instead.
Taking civilian human beings as hostages and using them as shields against threats to combat soldiers, is torture and illegal under any system and cowardly.
You set the standard yourself others in the army just follow your example.
DOES THIS CHIEF THINK WE ARE STUPID!
GENERAL RAWAT, GAVE AN AWARD TO A MAJOR, WHO TIED A KASHMIRI SHAWL WEAVER TO A JEEP AS A HUMAN SHIELD.
Using human shields is a gross violation of a persons human rights and against the Geneva convention. These are internationally accepted norms. The whole world saw the photograph, it’s an iconic photograph, of Farooq Dar tied as a human shield to the front of a jeep by Major Leetul Gogoi.
General Rawat before even the his own Army enquiry into the incident was concluded, awarded Maj Gogoi the Army chiefs commendation card for this act.
THIS ARMY CHIEF STATING STATING THAT THE BBC LIES IN REPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS IS BIZARRE. THIS ARMY CHIEF HAS LOST CREDIBILITY IN THE EYES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND THE POPULATION OF KASHMIR.
Very reassuring to read that. The Indian Army is a fine, professional force and, in Kashmir, it is dealing with Indian citizens, not the enemy combatants it is trained to fight. This is a time for all stakeholders to do all that is possible to keep India’s global image bright.
propaganda post. india lost airbattle… pak shot 2 indian jets no casualities on pak side.
Allegations of torcher by the Army in the Valley in the aftermath of revocation of Art 370 indeed are false. If true why haven’t any police complaints been registered till now? Where ever International Media has made such statements, they need to prove them. If false the Army needs to file defamation cases & seek compensation for villyfying the Forces & the country.
What kind of name brigadier, is Mahalingam What parents Give such a name to a child.
To find evidence of army abuse in Kashmir please google for the following reports from:
UN expert David Kaye Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression;
Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders;
Bernard Duhaime, Chair-Rapporteur, Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances;
Clement Nyaletsossi Voule, Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful assembly and association;
Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. UN experts are David Kaye Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders; Bernard Duhaime, Chair-Rapporteur, Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances; Clement Nyaletsossi Voule, Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful assembly and association; and Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, arbitrary executions.
That’s a blatant lie. Army has just recently killed three innocent firm labourers suspected wrongly as terrorist.
What Rawat says must be taken with a pinch of salt.
The man tied to the jeep came forward, but Rawat rewarded the army officer instead.
Taking civilian human beings as hostages and using them as shields against threats to combat soldiers, is torture and illegal under any system and cowardly.
You set the standard yourself others in the army just follow your example.
DOES THIS CHIEF THINK WE ARE STUPID!
GENERAL RAWAT, GAVE AN AWARD TO A MAJOR, WHO TIED A KASHMIRI SHAWL WEAVER TO A JEEP AS A HUMAN SHIELD.
Using human shields is a gross violation of a persons human rights and against the Geneva convention. These are internationally accepted norms. The whole world saw the photograph, it’s an iconic photograph, of Farooq Dar tied as a human shield to the front of a jeep by Major Leetul Gogoi.
General Rawat before even the his own Army enquiry into the incident was concluded, awarded Maj Gogoi the Army chiefs commendation card for this act.
THIS ARMY CHIEF STATING STATING THAT THE BBC LIES IN REPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS IS BIZARRE. THIS ARMY CHIEF HAS LOST CREDIBILITY IN THE EYES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND THE POPULATION OF KASHMIR.
Very reassuring to read that. The Indian Army is a fine, professional force and, in Kashmir, it is dealing with Indian citizens, not the enemy combatants it is trained to fight. This is a time for all stakeholders to do all that is possible to keep India’s global image bright.