| | India: 'If they are dead, tell us' - "Disappearances" in Jammu and Kashmir - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | People who have "disappeared" in the custody of the state are not only deprived of these basic human rights, they are also at risk of further human rights violations which are unconditionally prohibited under international human rights law, the Constitution of India and Indian law. |
 | | The Jammu and Kashmir state police have shown a disturbing disregard for the rule of law in their expanding counter-insurgency operations, leading to increasing allegations of arbitrary arrests, torture, killings and "disappearance" perpetrated by police officers themselves and reports of their connivance in abuses committed by other agencies such as the renegades. |
 | | Advocates practicing in Jammu and Kashmir have also pointed out that judges, some of whom have been transferred after making observations critical of the government, are hesitant when a case reaches the final stage and have repeatedly adjourned it, apparently to avoid having to make a judgment or pass an order. |
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