India Prime Minister Modi faces Houston federal lawsuit for alleged human rights abuses in Kashmir
A pair of Kashmiri citizens sued the prime minister of India in federal court Thursday ahead of his much-anticipated arrival in Houston, alleging that his unilateral annexation Aug. 5 of their homeland caused the detention, disappearance and deaths of their loved ones amid ongoing repression.
The region, in the foothills of the Himalayas, has been a subject of fevered dispute between India and Pakistan since partition in 1947. In August, Modi withdrew Kashmir’s special status, a radical shift that intensified conflict in the Muslim-majority state and heightened tensions with Pakistan. The group behind the lawsuit says the annexation violated international law.…
The 73-page lawsuit alleges Modi; his minister of home affairs, Amit Shah; and commander of the Indian army, Lt. General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon, carried out extrajudicial killings, committed wrongful death, battery, emotional distress, crimes against humanity and inflicted “cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment” upon Kashmiris during the military exercise. They say Modi and his henchmen have created a public nuisance and are guilty of negligence by not preventing the “deliberate, willful, wanton, malicious, intentional and/or oppressive” killings of Muslims in the regions of Jamuu and Kashmir.…
SEE ALSO:
- The Kashmiris detained more than 700km away from home (Sep 19, 2019, BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49713419 - Millions of kids traumatised as Kashmir lockdown continues (Sep 17, 2019, National Herald)
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/millions-of-kids-traumatised-as-kashmir-lockdown-continues - Kashmir Boy Dies By Suicide After Allegedly Being Beaten by Soldiers (Sep 22, 2019, The Wire)
https://thewire.in/rights/kashmir-boy-dies-by-suicide-after-allegedly-being-beaten-by-soldiers - Did Amit Shah mislead Lok Sabha on Farooq Abdullah’s detention? (Sep 17, 2019, Sabrang India)
https://www.sabrangindia.in/article/did-amit-shah-mislead-lok-sabha-farooq-abdullahs-detention
