Islamabad: Amnesty International in its recent report accused the Pakistan army of abusing human rights on Afghan border and says the military was acting with impunity “new security laws and a colonial-era penal system”.
The report—based on interviews with victims, witnesses, relatives, lawyers, officials and militants—said that Pakistani military has arbitrarily detained thousands for long periods with little or no access to due process, AFP reported.
Amnesty’s deputy Asia-Pacific director Polly Truscott said, “Almost every week the bodies of those arrested by the armed forces are being returned to their families or reportedly found dumped across the tribal areas.
“The government must immediately reform the deeply flawed legal system in the tribal areas that perpetuates the cycle of violence.”
Britain-based watchdog said no military personnel had been prosecuted for alleged torture, enforced disappearance or deaths in custody despite judges’ orders to probe the whereabouts of missing people.
The group said that 2011 laws that give sweeping powers of arrest and detention to Pakistan army must be repealed.
Military officials contacted by AFP declined to respond to the claims until they had read the full report.
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