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There have been allegations of rape and mass rape in Jammu and Kashmir against paramilitary and Indian regular armed forces. The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front have been accused of ethnic cleansing by using murder, arson and rape as a weapon of war to drive out hundreds of thousands of Pandits from the region. India has been accused for the systemic use of rape in Indian-administered Kashmir for over two decades. These include the army and two paramilitary forces, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Border Security Force (BSF) who have a strong presence reportedly ranging from 300,000 to 500,000

Background

The Indian military has been accused by human rights activists of using rape and molestation as a tool to cow the local population.

Indian security forces

In 1991 the 4th Rajputana Rifles Unit are alleged to have entered the village of Kunan Poshpora and raped between 30 and 100 women aged between 13 and 70. The Indian government carried out three inquiry's into the allegations and concluded that it had been a hoax. The International Commission of Jurists have stated that though the attacks had not been proven beyond a doubt, but there were credible evidence that it had happened. In 2011 the State Human Rights Commission(SHRC) has asked for the case to be reopened. And in 2009 one person was killed and up to 150 injured in protests over the alleged rape and murder of two women by the Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF).

Incidences

Wikileaks cables are reported to contain material stating that the International Committee of the Red Cross briefed US officials in India, alleging that India "condoned" torture and that "sexual penetration" formed part of the maltreatment of victims. The ICRC alleged that of the 1296 detainees interviewed, 681 had reported of being tortured. Of those, 304 individuals complained of sexual torture/abuse.

In April 2002, authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir arrested three Indian paramilitary soldiers following the gang rape of 17-year-old girl. In July 2011, there were anti-India protests in Srinagar against the alleged rape of a 25-year-old village woman in the village of Manzgam.

In October 2011, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir apologised for the release of names, parentages and addresses of 1400 rape victims. However, no details were revealed as to whether the rapes were by security forces, militants or part of crime.

Kunan Poshpora incident

The incident occurred on February 23, 1991, when the Indian army initiated a search and interrogation operation in the village of Kunan Poshpora, an isolated hamlet in Jammu and Kashmir, when at 11 PM soldiers of the Rajputana Rifles cordoned off the village. The men were taken from their homes for interrogation overnight. The soldiers are then alleged to have gang-raped a large number of village women overnight till 9:00 AM the next day. Local villagers alleged that up to 100 women "were gang-raped without any consideration of their age, married, unmarried, pregnancy etc.," The victims are claimed to range in age from 13 to 80.

The investigations dismissed the incidents as a "massive hoax orchestrated by militant groups and their sympathizers and mentors in Kashmir and abroad". Although the Indian government's investigations into the incident rejected the allegations as "baseless," international human rights organizations have expressed serious doubts about the integrity of these investigations and the manner in which they were conducted, stating that the Indian government launched a "campaign to acquit the army of charges of human rights violations and discredit those who brought the charges." However United States Government report said that there was "credible evidence" to support charges.

Response by India

Government documents have revealed that India has ignored two decades of Government requests to prosecute its soldiers in civilian courts for rights abuses including murder and rape in Kashmir.

Committed by terrorists

Groups such has Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen and Harkat ul-Ansar have all been accused of carrying out rapes.

References

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