IOK: JRL urges UN to conduct investigation into human rights violations
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In occupied Kashmir, the Joint Resistance Leadership in a letter to the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has urged him to constitute a Commission of Inquiry to conduct comprehensive and independent international investigation into human rights violations by Indian troops in the territory.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik in a statement issued in Srinagar asked the UN Secretary General to impress upon New Delhi to stop the gross human rights violation forthwith.
The Hurriyet leadership also urged him to initiate measures for the resolution of the dispute which is on the UN Agenda since 1948, and is the main cause of all Human Rights violations in occupied Kashmir.
They said we greatly acknowledge the UN report on the human rights situation in Kashmir - detailing the human rights violations and abuses and highlights a situation of chronic impunity for violations committed by Indian forces.”
Referring to the 2018 UN report on rights abuses in Kashmir, the leadership said, “One of the most dangerous weapons used against protesters in 2016 - and which is still being employed by Indian forces – is the pellet-firing shotgun.”
The letter concluded with, “Sir, the conflict on Kashmir is not a frozen one but continues to consume human lives unabatedly since its beginning in 1947 and has become the cause of horrendous human rights violations against the population of the area.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Gilani has called for tabling the UN report on human rights violations in the occupied territory for discussion both in General Assembly as well the Security Council of the United Nations.
Addressing a seminar in Islamabad, Pakistan, through videoconference he said, Kashmir is a long-pending issue awaiting the final dispensation in accordance with the agreed UN resolutions.
