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X. Recommendations<br />
To the Indian central government<br />
End support <strong>to</strong> Salwa Judum; direct the Chhatt<strong>is</strong>garh state government <strong>to</strong><br />
investigate and prosecute security forces and Salwa Judum members<br />
responsible for abuses, and provide information about m<strong>is</strong>sing persons<br />
• Take all necessary and appropriate measures <strong>to</strong> end unlawful Salwa Judum<br />
activities, end all government support <strong>to</strong> Salwa Judum, including the<br />
prov<strong>is</strong>ion of weapons, and end all participation by government security forces<br />
in Salwa Judum operations, including raids and repr<strong>is</strong>als.<br />
• Take all necessary steps <strong>to</strong> ensure that government security forces abide by<br />
India’s obligations under international law and the Indian Constitution,<br />
including respect for the rights <strong>to</strong> freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention,<br />
and from <strong>to</strong>rture and other m<strong>is</strong>treatment.<br />
• Cons<strong>is</strong>tent with its constitutional obligation <strong>to</strong> ensure state compliance with<br />
the Constitution, the Indian central government should call upon the<br />
Chhatt<strong>is</strong>garh state government <strong>to</strong> immediately investigate and prosecute<br />
individuals, including senior government officials, implicated in serious<br />
human rights abuses in Dantewada and Bijapur d<strong>is</strong>tricts. The Indian central<br />
government should also express its willingness <strong>to</strong> conduct an investigation<br />
upon a request by the Chhatt<strong>is</strong>garh state government.<br />
• Call upon the Chhatt<strong>is</strong>garh state government <strong>to</strong> promptly make public the<br />
progress of and findings from its investigations against individuals implicated<br />
in serious human rights abuses in Dantewada and Bijapur d<strong>is</strong>tricts.<br />
• <strong>Protect</strong> all witnesses, victims, and others who provide information for criminal<br />
prosecutions from possible repr<strong>is</strong>als, including by establ<strong>is</strong>hing an adequately<br />
funded witness protection program.<br />
• Immediately ensure that the Chhatt<strong>is</strong>garh government reconstitutes an<br />
effective State Human Rights Comm<strong>is</strong>sion <strong>to</strong> pursue all complaints of human<br />
rights abuses, including abuses linked <strong>to</strong> the conflict between Naxalites,<br />
Salwa Judum, and government security forces. Ensure that the Comm<strong>is</strong>sion<br />
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Human Rights Watch July 2008