Probe all sites of mass graves as per UN model protocol
Rising Kashmir News
Srinagar, April 7: Amnesty International (AI) Monday urged the Government of India to immediately probe unidentified mass graves in north Kashmir as per UN model protocol.
It urged India that the investigation must be independent, impartial and follow international standards and ensure prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigations into all sites of mass graves in Kashmir.
The AI urged the Government of India to carry immediate investigations by forensic experts in line with UN Model Protocol on the disinterment and analysis of skeletal remains.
The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) recently discovered around 940 to 1000 mass graves in cemeteries across 18 villages of Uri area of north Kashmir%u2019s Baramulla district.
The grave sites are believed to contain the remains of victims of unlawful killings, enforced disappearances, torture and other abuses which occurred in the context of armed conflict persisting in the state since 1989.
