*ISLAMABAD: **Pakistan’s active diplomacy starts to bear fruit asinternational pressure piling up on India over Occupied Kashmir.*
*The Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of OIC has stronglycondemned the human rights violations in the Indian Occupied Kashmir, ARYNews reported on Tuesday.*
The (IPHRC) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in its pressrelease has said that India has turned occupied Kashmir (IoK) into theworld’s largest prison with severe human rights and humanitarianrepercussions on the innocent Kashmiri population.
“Despite this iron curtain blockade, there are credible media reportsconfirming that over 5000, mostly young Kashmiris, have been illegallydetained by the security forces, entire political leadership isincarcerated without any legal recourse, and journalists and human rightsactivists are being prosecuted on false charges,” reads a press release.
“These are deplorable and blatant violations of Kashmiris’ fundamentalhuman rights including the right to life, right to freedom of expression,right to peaceful protest and assembly, which are contrary to internationalhuman rights law and also violative of India’s commitments/internationalhuman rights obligations,” the press release reads further.
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IPHRC welcomed the Press Statement issued by the SpecialProcedures/Reporters of the UN Human Rights Council, which has termed theongoing ‘blackout as a form of collective punishment of the people of Jammuand Kashmir’ and expressed concerns over the illegal detentions andenforced disappearances of young protestors and use of excessive forceincluding live ammunition to disperse the protests.
The Commission also welcomed and echoes the call made by the OIC to theGovernment of India to immediately lift the curfew and communicationblackout in IOK and restore fundamental freedoms and civil liberties of theKashmiris.
