By News Desk

July 02, 2019

UNITED NATIONS, GENEVA—Kashmir Delegation to United Nations Geneva organized a photo exhibit at Geneva Press Club, presenting a pictorial documentation of Indian human rights violations to the international community.

This exhibit is based on the work of photojournalists on the ground in Indian-occupied Kashmir who have published their work in international media.

Each picture is “dated, verified, captioned,” offering a real-time documentation of Indian abuses, said Altaf Hussain Wani, leader of the Kashmir Delegation to Human Rights Council.

“This way the Government of India can’t claim we’re using pictures from other conflicts,” said Ahmed Quraishi, member of Kashmir Delegation and executive director, YFK–International Kashmir Lobby Group.

A protest in front of Palais de Nations, as a large number of Kashmiris from across Europe held a peaceful protest, and for the first time, Pakistani Pashtun joined Kashmiris in pledging full support to Kashmir freedom movement condemning Indian government and army’s rights abuses, and asked UN member states to support a referendum in Kashmir. The protest was led by Altaf Hussain Wani, from Indian-occupied Kashmir.

The chief guest was Chaudhry Pervez Ashraf, former senior minister in the Government of Azad Kashmir. The Kashmir Delegation, representing rights defenders from Azad Kashmir and Indian-occupied Kashmir, is participating in the 41st session of Human Rights Council in Geneva, and includes Convener APHC Pakistan Syed Faiz Naqshbandi, and other senior Kashmiri leaders, like Sardar Amjad Yousaf, executive director of Kashmir Institute for International Relations, Mrs. Shamim Shawl, Advocate Pervez Shah, Hassan Bana, Prof. Shagufta Ashraf, and Dr. Sarah Shah.

YFK–International Kashmir Lobby Group (Youth Forum For Kashmir) is a non-partisan INGO, working for the peaceful resolution of Kashmir Conflict in accordance with United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions.

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