ISLAMABAD – India gets yet another snub from top international body HumanRights Watch over Occupied Kashmir lockdown.
Human Rights Watch has raised serious concerns over Occupied Kashmirlockdown by Indian government.
HRW has asked the Indian government to “immediately release detainedKashmiris who have not been charged with a recognizable offense”.
HRW’s latest report, *India: Free Kashmiris Arbitrarily Detained*,documents the detention of over 4,000 Kashmiris, including politicians,activists, separatist leaders, lawyers, and journalists, who have been heldin detention camps since India stripped occupied Kashmir off its specialstatus on August 5.
Approximately 400 elected officials and political leaders, as well asformer chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir belonging to the NationalConference and the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party have alsobeen detained.
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The human rights watchdog states that many detainees have not been allowedto contact their families or lawyers.
“Anyone who has been detained in Kashmir without evidence of a crime shouldbe immediately and unconditionally released,” South Asia director at HumanRights Watch Meenakshi Ganguly said adding that it was essential forauthorities to allow every detainee access to lawyers and family members.
