India faces a diplomatic setback from Britain
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LONDON - The United Kingdom says any allegations of human rights violations in Occupied Kashmir since India revoked the special status of the territory must be thoroughly, promptly and transparently investigated.
The British Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, addressing in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament, said all and any allegations of human rights violations are deeply concerning.
Dominic Raab told Members of Parliament in the House of Commons in the first parliamentary session that he raised the concerns with the Indian External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, during a conversation on August 7 and that the UK will carefully monitor the situation in Kashmir.
The British Foreign Secretary stressed that the human rights concerns made Kashmir an international issue. “The issue of human rights is not just a bilateral issue for India or Pakistan or a domestic issue. He said it is an international issue we expect internationally recognized human rights to be complied with and respected.
MPs from different sides of the Commons raised a series of questions over the Kashmir issue, including demanding an end to the blockade in occupied Kashmir as well as independent observers to be deployed to the territory.
