الهند: السجن المؤبد عقوبة قتل المسلمين أثناء حوادث شغب 2002

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

حكمت إحدى المحاكم الخاصة بـ"الهند" على 31 هنديًا بالسجن المؤبد على إثر إدانتهم بارتكاب جرائم قتل ضد الأقلية المسلمة، على خلفية حوادث الشغب التي وقعت عام 2002، إضافة إلى إطلاق سراح 41 آخرين لعدم كفاية أدلة الإدانة.

وتعود ملابسات القضية إلى قيام الهندوس بالاعتداء على الأقلية المسلمة بولاية "جوجارت" وحرق منازلهم وقتل العشرات وجرح آخرين؛ حيث بلغ الضحايا 1200 غالبيتهم من المسلمين، على خلفية اتهام المسلمين بالتسبب في انقلاب قطار في 27 فبراير لقى 60 هندوسيًا على إثرها مصرعهم. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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الخبر من مصدره الأصلي:

A special court in India sentenced 31 people to life in prison Wednesday after convicting them of killing dozens of Muslims during communal riots in the western Indian state of Gujarat nine years ago.

An additional 42 of the mostly Hindu defendants were acquitted for lack of evidence.

The convictions, on charges of murder, attempted murder and arson, involved the deaths of 33 Muslims who were burned in a building as they tried to escape a raging mob. Twenty-eight bodies were found at the scene and five people died later of their injuries.

"This is a great verdict in the history of combating communal violence in India," said R.B. Sreekumar, who was director-general of the Gujarat police intelligence bureau at the time. "There were reports that the Indian system is failing by not protecting minorities, but this is a healthy outcome."

The 2002 communal riots, including this deadly house burning, were among the worst in recent Indian history. The catalyst was a train fire on Coach S-6 of the Sabarmati Express passenger train Feb. 27 of that year in which about 60 people, mostly Hindu pilgrims, died.

Muslims, blamed for the fire, were then targeted by Hindus bent on revenge. During three days of rioting, more than 1,200 people, mostly Muslims, were killed.