[Marxistindia] Punish the Guilty

[news from the cpi(m)]

November 5, 2014

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Punish the Guilty

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the brutal killing in
Chattargram, Kashmir of two innocent schoolboys, one of them a student of
Class 7, by the Army.  Two others were seriously injured in the firing.

 

The prima facie evidence of the guilt of the personnel concerned demands the
immediate arrest and prosecution for murder.  This is not the first time
that such brutality has taken place by the army but in several of such cases
justice has been denied and the guilty personnel have been protected.

 

The army gets away with killings of innocent civilians, including children,
because of the impunity it enjoys under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
The CPI(M) has been demanding the repeal of this Act and its draconian
clauses.  At least in the interim the AFSPA should be withdrawn from all
civilian areas in Kashmir and be functional only in the border areas.

 

eom

 

Central Committee

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

A.K. Gopalan Bhawan

27-29, Bhai Vir Singh Marg, Gole Market

New Delhi 110 001

 

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