A Yashwant Sinha-led civil society panel has suggested “improving” the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir and initiating talks with all stakeholders, including separatist groups like the Hurriyat Conference.
The Concerned Citizen Group (CCG) had made another set of recommendations after their second visit to the Kashmir valley last month which included urgent psychological counselling for minor detainees. The panel had first visited the Valley in October after which it had recommended an immediate ban on the use of pellet guns by security forces. The Centre has distanced itself from the panel led by the BJP leader which also comprises former Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah and programme director of the Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation, Sushobbha Barve.
In the fresh set of recommendations compiled after their visit to the Kashmir valley last month, the panel said there was a need for improving “the human rights situation in Kashmir”.
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