WASHINGTON – Pakistan secured big diplomatic victory against India at theinternational front from the United States.
The US House Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday asked India lift theinformation blockade and curfew imposed upon nine million Kashmiris for thelast two months.
In a message on the twitter, US House Foreign Affairs Committee saidIndia’s communication blackout in Kashmir is having a devastating impact onthe lives and welfare of everyday Kashmiris.
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India’s communication blackout in Kashmir is having a devastating impact onthe lives and welfare of everyday Kashmiris. It’s time for India to liftthese restrictions and afford Kashmiris the same rights and privileges asany other Indian citizen.linkld/asia/kashmir-doctors-phone.html … link[image: Saja Begum spent hours navigating roadblocks as she went door todoor at hospitals and pharmacies in a desperate search for antivenin afterher son was bitten by a snake.]In a Race Against Death, No Way to Call a Doctor
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The committe further her said that it is time for India to lift theserestrictions and afford Kashmiris the same rights and privileges as anyother Indian citizen.
Earlier, Congressman Brad Sherman, the Chairman of the House Subcommitteeon Asia, announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on “HumanRights in South Asia” on October 22.
“Assistant Secretary Alice Wells, who oversees all State Department policytowards South Asia will testify. Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureauof Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Scott Busby, who overseas humanrights efforts is South Asia will also testify. We have invited other StateDepartment officials and we also expect to hear from private human rightsactivists on the issues,” said Congressman Sherman.
The hearing will focus on the Kashmir Valley, where many politicalactivists have been arrested and daily life, the internet, and telephonecommunications have been interrupted. The hearing will also review thehumanitarian situation in Kashmir and whether Kashmiris have adequatesupplies of food, medicine, and other essentials.
