461:" One commonly observed consequence of the use of torture through electrodes attached to the detainee's genitals is that released detainees find themselves either unable to consummate or sometimes even participate in normal sexual relationships. It is unknown how many deaths occurred at Papa II, the most intensive centre of its kind: on the tenth of every month, the relatives of some of the disappeared stage a public protest near the building, demanding information on their kin from the authorities; they claim about 10,000 have gone missing during the years of militancy. The Government of India contests that figure.
394:
camps. Detainees were first interrogated by the detaining security force for a period of time which ranged from several hours to several weeks. During this time no person was allowed to meet the detainee and the detainee was not produced before the court. Detainees suspected of being militants were
398:
Lawyers in
Kashmir told Asia Watch in 1993 that they had filed approximately 15,000 petitions since 1990 calling the state authorities to reveal the situation of the detainees and the charges against them, but the authorities had not responded.
38:
346:
395:
handed over to
Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) and are interrogated at Joint Interrogation Centres (JICs) where detention sometimes lasted for months. Papa II was one of several such centres in Kashmir.
437:...large numbers of local people, as well as the occasional captured foreign jihadi, would "disappear." Their bodies would later be found, if at all, floating down rivers, bruised, covered in
407:
The building, of colonial origin, was initially a government guest house to accommodate visiting bureaucrats, in "serene surroundings" - the exclusive Gupkar Road on the banks of the
339:
665:
900:
332:
493:
137:
925:
488:
Since then it has been used as a residence by senior state politicians, including the state finance minister. Currently it is the official residence of
45:
910:
920:
22:
915:
386:
Every security force operating in
Kashmir had its own interrogation centres in the state which included temporary detention centres at BSF,
879:
697:
655:
905:
824:
Analysis of the
Government of India's response to Amnesty International's report on torture and deaths in custody in Jammu and Kashmir
76:
635:
577:
320:
477:
laid out restrictions on detention without trial in an attempt to curb custodial violence, and the election of the left-leaning
445:
A method of interrogation by which bodies of suspects were placed under heavy rollers caused at least 250 deaths through acute
835:
Judgement dated
December 18, 1996, in W.P. (Crl.) No. 539 of 1986 W.P. (Crl.) No. 592 of 1987 Ashok K. Johri Vs State of U.P.
743:
430:
256:
209:
387:
92:
496:, though her occupation of it is contested by those who would prefer it to be a memorial to the ones who disappeared.
799:
478:
367:
251:
230:
167:
66:
778:
753:
288:
151:
113:
839:
474:
272:
246:
225:
193:
188:
183:
118:
71:
422:
in 1989, it was named Papa II "in an attempt to keep the compound's new purpose nominally confidential".
819:
419:
371:
123:
529:
482:
108:
794:
723:
426:
375:
304:
689:
631:
573:
627:
620:
593:
438:
651:
544:
513:
489:
454:
894:
843:
768:
719:
566:
539:
525:
458:
450:
446:
363:
416:
868:. Evil, Law and the State: Issues in State Power and Violence. Salzburg, Austria.
568:
India, Pakistan, and the
Kashmir dispute: on regional conflict and its resolution
521:
517:
391:
720:"INDIA'S SECRET ARMY IN KASHMIR: New Patterns of Abuse Emerge in the Conflict"
747:
660:
412:
408:
772:
534:
429:
detailed allegations of abuse and torture at Papa II. According to
485:, most interrogation centres, including Papa II, were shut down.
16:
Defunct military interrogation centre in Jammu and
Kashmir, India
459:
immersing the prisoners’ heads in water during interrogation.
622:
The Human Rights Crisis in
Kashmir: A Pattern of Impunity
880:"Haider is the most realistic film on Kashmir's horrors"
619:
565:
866:Torture in Postcolonial India: A Liberal Paradox?
773:"Death in Kashmir - The New York Review of Books"
618:Asia Watch; Physicians for Human Rights (1993).
138:1995 kidnapping of Western tourists in Kashmir
449:at one Srinagar hospital alone, according to
340:
8:
46:Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Commission
347:
333:
18:
901:Indian war crimes in the Kashmir conflict
748:"Kashmir: The Scarred and the Beautiful"
504:The interrogation centre is referred as
473:in December 1996, in which judgment the
378:in 1989 until it was shut down in 1996.
844:"SHRI D.K. BASU v State of West Bengal"
837:A copy of the judgment can be found at
683:
681:
679:
677:
675:
556:
312:
296:
280:
264:
238:
217:
201:
175:
159:
143:
131:
100:
84:
58:
30:
21:
613:
611:
609:
607:
605:
603:
441:, missing fingers or even whole limbs.
41:on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir
690:"Kashmir's tortured past and present"
7:
926:Buildings and structures in Srinagar
596:. Human Rights Watch. October 1998.
433:, Papa II was a centre into which
77:1990 Zakoora and Tengpora massacre
14:
321:2009 Shopian rape and murder case
911:Military prisoner abuse scandals
793:Peer, Basharat (May–June 2007).
688:Hamid, Arshad (September 2007).
668:from the original on 2020-05-21.
572:. New York: St. Martin's Press.
39:International People's Tribunal
921:Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
864:Lokaneeta, Jinee (March 2008).
700:from the original on 2020-05-21
626:. Human Rights Watch. pp.
718:Gossman, Patricia (May 1996).
455:application of electric shocks
366:centre in the Indian state of
1:
846:. Asian Legal Resource Center
594:"Behind the Kashmir Conflict"
257:2002 Raghunath temple attacks
210:2000 Chittisinghpura massacre
916:Human rights abuses in India
457:, and particularly through "
388:Central Reserve Police Force
374:(BSF) from the start of the
93:1991 Kunan Poshpora incident
942:
906:1990s in Jammu and Kashmir
800:Columbia Journalism Review
494:People's Democratic Party
252:2002 Qasim Nagar massacre
231:2001 Chalwalkote massacre
168:1997 Sangrampora massacre
67:Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus
779:New York Review of Books
754:New York Review of Books
564:Wirsing, Robert (1994).
471:D.K. Basu vs West Bengal
289:2004 Teli Katha massacre
415:. On occupation by the
152:Murder of Jalil Andrabi
114:1993 Bijbehara massacre
840:Supreme Court of India
795:"Style Over Substance"
475:Supreme Court of India
453:. Others died through
443:
273:2003 Nadimarg Massacre
247:2002 Kaluchak massacre
226:2001 Kishtwar massacre
194:1998 Prankote massacre
189:1998 Chapnari massacre
184:1998 Wandhama massacre
119:1993 Kishtwar massacre
72:1990 Gawkadal massacre
820:Amnesty International
771:(21 September 2000).
508:by the character of
435:
425:A May 1996 report by
420:Border Security Force
372:Border Security Force
403:Operation of Papa II
124:1993 Sopore massacre
25:in Jammu and Kashmir
23:Human rights abuses
530:William Shakespeare
520:in the 2014 Indian
109:1993 Lal Chowk fire
882:. 22 October 2014.
744:Dalrymple, William
724:Human Rights Watch
528:which is based on
500:In Popular Culture
481:government at the
427:Human Rights Watch
376:Kashmir insurgency
370:, operated by the
305:2006 Doda massacre
431:William Dalrymple
368:Jammu and Kashmir
357:
356:
933:
884:
883:
876:
870:
869:
861:
855:
854:
852:
851:
833:
827:
817:
811:
810:
808:
807:
790:
784:
783:
765:
759:
758:
740:
734:
733:
731:
730:
715:
709:
708:
706:
705:
685:
670:
669:
656:"Crossfire zone"
648:
642:
641:
625:
615:
598:
597:
590:
584:
583:
571:
561:
492:, who leads the
349:
342:
335:
19:
941:
940:
936:
935:
934:
932:
931:
930:
891:
890:
887:
878:
877:
873:
863:
862:
858:
849:
847:
838:
836:
834:
830:
818:
814:
805:
803:
792:
791:
787:
767:
766:
762:
742:
741:
737:
728:
726:
717:
716:
712:
703:
701:
687:
686:
673:
650:
649:
645:
638:
617:
616:
601:
592:
591:
587:
580:
563:
562:
558:
554:
502:
467:
439:cigarette burns
405:
384:
353:
40:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
939:
937:
929:
928:
923:
918:
913:
908:
903:
893:
892:
886:
885:
871:
856:
842:(2002-10-03).
828:
812:
785:
769:Mishra, Pankaj
760:
746:(1 May 2008).
735:
710:
671:
654:(2005-06-19).
652:Ranjit Hoskote
643:
636:
599:
585:
578:
555:
553:
550:
545:Curfewed Night
514:Ghost (Hamlet)
501:
498:
490:Mehbooba Mufti
466:
463:
404:
401:
383:
380:
355:
354:
352:
351:
344:
337:
329:
326:
325:
324:
323:
315:
314:
310:
309:
308:
307:
299:
298:
294:
293:
292:
291:
283:
282:
278:
277:
276:
275:
267:
266:
262:
261:
260:
259:
254:
249:
241:
240:
236:
235:
234:
233:
228:
220:
219:
215:
214:
213:
212:
204:
203:
199:
198:
197:
196:
191:
186:
178:
177:
173:
172:
171:
170:
162:
161:
157:
156:
155:
154:
146:
145:
141:
140:
134:
133:
129:
128:
127:
126:
121:
116:
111:
103:
102:
98:
97:
96:
95:
87:
86:
82:
81:
80:
79:
74:
69:
61:
60:
56:
55:
54:
53:
48:
43:
33:
32:
28:
27:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
938:
927:
924:
922:
919:
917:
914:
912:
909:
907:
904:
902:
899:
898:
896:
889:
881:
875:
872:
867:
860:
857:
845:
841:
832:
829:
825:
821:
816:
813:
802:
801:
796:
789:
786:
781:
780:
774:
770:
764:
761:
756:
755:
749:
745:
739:
736:
725:
721:
714:
711:
699:
695:
691:
684:
682:
680:
678:
676:
672:
667:
663:
662:
657:
653:
647:
644:
639:
637:1-56432-104-5
633:
629:
624:
623:
614:
612:
610:
608:
606:
604:
600:
595:
589:
586:
581:
579:0-312-17562-0
575:
570:
569:
560:
557:
551:
549:
547:
546:
541:
540:Basharat Peer
537:
536:
531:
527:
526:Haider (film)
523:
519:
515:
511:
507:
499:
497:
495:
491:
486:
484:
480:
476:
472:
464:
462:
460:
456:
452:
451:Pankaj Mishra
448:
447:renal failure
442:
440:
434:
432:
428:
423:
421:
418:
414:
410:
402:
400:
396:
393:
389:
381:
379:
377:
373:
369:
365:
364:interrogation
361:
350:
345:
343:
338:
336:
331:
330:
328:
327:
322:
319:
318:
317:
316:
311:
306:
303:
302:
301:
300:
295:
290:
287:
286:
285:
284:
279:
274:
271:
270:
269:
268:
263:
258:
255:
253:
250:
248:
245:
244:
243:
242:
237:
232:
229:
227:
224:
223:
222:
221:
216:
211:
208:
207:
206:
205:
200:
195:
192:
190:
187:
185:
182:
181:
180:
179:
174:
169:
166:
165:
164:
163:
158:
153:
150:
149:
148:
147:
142:
139:
136:
135:
130:
125:
122:
120:
117:
115:
112:
110:
107:
106:
105:
104:
99:
94:
91:
90:
89:
88:
83:
78:
75:
73:
70:
68:
65:
64:
63:
62:
57:
52:
49:
47:
44:
42:
37:
36:
35:
34:
29:
26:
20:
888:
874:
865:
859:
848:. Retrieved
831:
823:
815:
804:. Retrieved
798:
788:
776:
763:
751:
738:
727:. Retrieved
713:
702:. Retrieved
693:
659:
646:
621:
588:
567:
559:
543:
533:
509:
505:
503:
487:
479:United Front
470:
468:
444:
436:
424:
417:paramilitary
406:
397:
385:
359:
358:
50:
532:'s tragedy
522:crime drama
518:Irrfan Khan
390:(CRPF) and
895:Categories
850:2008-04-21
806:2008-04-21
729:2008-04-21
704:2008-04-21
552:References
542:'s memoir
516:, cast on
469:Following
382:Background
661:The Hindu
465:Shut down
698:Archived
666:Archived
510:Roohdaar
413:Srinagar
409:Dal Lake
826:, 1995.
506:Mama-II
362:was an
360:Papa II
51:Papa II
634:
576:
535:Hamlet
524:movie
483:Centre
694:Himal
538:and
31:Notes
777:The
752:The
632:ISBN
574:ISBN
392:army
313:2009
297:2006
281:2004
265:2003
239:2002
218:2001
202:2000
176:1998
160:1997
144:1996
132:1995
101:1993
85:1991
59:1990
411:in
897::
822:,
797:.
775:.
750:.
722:.
696:.
692:.
674:^
664:.
658:.
630:.
628:85
602:^
548:.
512:/
853:.
809:.
782:.
757:.
732:.
707:.
640:.
582:.
348:e
341:t
334:v
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.