NEW DELHI – Indian government faces a big embarrassing blow from theAmerican government.
Indian Democrat lawmaker Pramila Jayapal has submitted a bipartisanresolution for the Indian-occupied Kashmir in the US Congress. Theresolution is also backed by the Republican Steve Watkins and is expectedto gain a majority in the house.
In the resolution, Jayapal has urged the Indian government to endrestrictions in the occupied region and preserve religious freedom for allresidents in Kashmir.
The bill also demands the release of youth that were arrested or detainedduring the mass detention campaign after the revocation of Kashmir’sspecial status on August 5.——————————
Contrary to Indian claims of normalcy in the region, the detention ofthousands of Kashmiris -including three former chief ministers – and theblockade of communications has entered the fourth month in December.
The resolution, which will be put to the vote in the house this week, alsourges the Indian government to:
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Allow international human rights observers and journalists to access Jammuand Kashmir and operate freely throughout India, without threats, andcondemn, at the highest levels, all religiously motivated violence,including that violence which targets against religious minorities.
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Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have expressed concerns about theviolation of human rights in Kashmir. Previously, there have been twocongressional hearings on the issue.
In October this year, the US Congressmen wrote a letter to the IndianAmbassador to Washington, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, seeking an answer on theground realities in the occupied Kashmir.
