Pakistan welcomes UN report on rights abuses in held Kashmir
Kashmir Updates - Baqir Sajjad Syed - July, 09 2019
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday welcomed the new United Nations report on the situation in India-occupied Kashmir, which for the second consecutive year called for setting up of a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) for investigating human rights abuses being perpetrated by Indian occupation troops in the valley.
However, the Foreign Office cautioned the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) against comparing the situation in occupied Kashmir with Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
“We again welcome the OHCHR’s recommendation for the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to investigate the gross and systematic human rights violations in Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir,” the FO said in its reaction to the OHCHR report, whose launch coincided with the third martyrdom anniversary of Kashmiri leader Burhan Wani. Wani’s killing by Indian forces sparked off the current phase of uprising in the occupied valley.
This second OHCHR report documents the human rights situation in held Kashmir between May 2018 and April 2019. The report specifically notes the sharp aggravation in the situation after the Feb 14 attack on Indian paramilitary forces in Pulwama that had led to a military stand-off between Pakistan and India. It said that post-Pulwama situation continues to impact the rights of the Kashmiris, including the right to life.
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