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| Why don't disappeared persons avail amnesty package? | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 27: "If the disappeared persons are in Pakistan as claimed by the officials they must return now as New Delhi has granted amnesty to youth desirous of coming back." This was stated by Yasin Malik, an executive member of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP).
The APDP was formed in 1994 by Parvez Imroz. According to APDP 8000-10,000 persons have been subjected to enforced disappearance since 1989. The APDP figures have been strongly contested by the government.
However, a series of contradictory statements issued by successive state governments dampen the official denials. On May 2, 2008 Omar Abdullah said 4000 Kashmiris were subjected to enforced disappearance by the state since 1990. Former home Minister, Khalid Najeeb Soharwardy issued a statement on July 18, 2002. He admitted 3184 custodial disappearances since 1989. Another statement was issued by the former Chief Minister, Mufti Muhammad Sayed on February 25, 2003. "During 2000, 1553 persons disappeared in the state, 1586 in 2001 and 605 in 2002", he informed the assembly. This was followed by former law minister, Muzaffar Husain Beig's statement on March 25, 2003. He told the assembly that 3744 persons had disappeared out of whom 135 had been declared dead up to June 2002. Ghulam Nabi Azad informed the legislative assembly during zero hour in March 2006 that 693 cases of custodial disappearances had been registered. His deputy, Muzaffar Husain Beig informed the assembly on August 1, 2006 that sixty persons had disappeared during National Conference rule. On August 4, 2006 Azad told the legislators that 33 custodial disappearances had taken place since 1990-1996. On the next day (August 5) he said 60 persons were subjected to custodial disappearance since 1995-2006. These contradictory statements reflect that the government has been desperately trying to conceal the truth. In response to a list issued by APDP a few years ago, the police said that most of the persons in the list had crossed over to Pakistan administered Kashmir to seek arms training. Parvez Imroz while talking to Early Times said: "If the disappeared persons are in Pakistan, they must return now. Scores of youth have availed New Delhi's amnesty package but not a single disappeared person has returned till date." |
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