India to Protect the Human Rights of Army Soldiers

Asserting that the human rights of an Army soldier are supreme, an Indian minister Jitendra Singh said Saturday that the human rights of an Indian soldier should take precedence over those of a terrorist.

He added that a terrorist forfeits his entitlement to human rights the day he resorts to terrorism which is the biggest violation of human rights.

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Jitendra Singh said that those who target the military or para-military personnel are the ones who do not have the courage to call a terrorist a terrorist or to condemn the atrocious act of mutilating the dead body of martyred Indian soldiers.

According to him, people find Army a convenient soft target because Indian Army, being one of the most disciplined forces of the world, is trained to exercise restraint while a terrorist will immediately retaliate and put their life to risk.

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