Pakistan Thursday said human rights of the Kashmiri people and minoritiesin India were continued to be violated with impunity.
During the 4th Universal Periodic Review of India at a session of theUnited Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva Pakistan s ThirdSecretary at Foreign Office Danyal Hasnain in a statement took note ofIndia s violations of human rights.
He said India s abuses had been widely documented. India s standinginvitation to UN Special Procedure Mandate Holders to Kashmir during itsprevious UPR had never materialized, he added.
He recommended that India should reverse illegal steps taken since August5, 2019 in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and cease demographic engineering.
He said India should demonstrate its commitment to international law bycomplying with article 25 of UN Charter and implementing UNSC resolutionson Jammu and Kashmir.
India should accept recommendations made in the OHCHR s Kashmir reports andallow the Office and independent observers access to the occupiedterritory, he said.
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He called upon India to end all human rights violations and releaseKashmiri political prisoners, journalists and human rights defenders.
India should repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), theJammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), National Security Act (NSA),Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, and the National Register of Citizens(NRC).
He urged India to prosecute public officials inciting hate crimes andratify the convention against torture (CAT).
