LONDON –India gets yet another international snub over Occupied Kashmir from Amnesty International Secretary General Kumi Naidoo.
He has said the people of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir should not be treatedas pawns in a political crisis, and the international community must cometogether to call for their human rights to be respected.
“For the first time in decades the United Nations Security Council istaking up the issue of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Members of the councilneed to remember that their mandate is to protect international peace andsecurity – and they should seek to resolve the situation in a way that putsthe human rights of the people in this troubled region at its centre.
“We reiterate our calls to the Indian government to act in accordance withinternational human rights law and standards towards people living in Jammuand Kashmir, including in relation to arrests and detentions of politicalopponents, and the rights to liberty and freedom of movement.
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“The actions of the Indian government have thrown ordinary people’s livesinto turmoil, subjecting them to unnecessary pain and distress on top ofthe years of human rights violations they have already endured.”