Geneva: Kashmiri representatives have called for urgent international intervention on the deteriorating human rights situation in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir during the General Debate on the High Commissioner’s update at the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council.
According to Global Mirror, Altaf Hussain Wani, speaking on behalf of the World Muslim Congress, voiced serious concern over arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances and the alleged misuse of anti-terror laws to suppress dissent in the occupied territory. He condemned systematic surveillance and a digital siege in the territory and urged intensified monitoring by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) along with concrete accountability measures.
According to Kashmir Media Service, addressing the Council on behalf of the International Action for Peace and Sustainable Development, Sardar Amjad Yousaf Khan presented statistics on the human rights situation since 2019, citing over 1,050 killings and tens of thousands of arrests. He highlighted restrictions on international access to occupied Jammu and Kashmir and strongly called upon the High Commissioner to issue a third OHCHR report to assess accountability gaps and ongoing violations.
According to Global Mirror, Altaf Hussain Wani, speaking on behalf of the World Muslim Congress, voiced serious concern over arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances and the alleged misuse of anti-terror laws to suppress dissent in the occupied territory. He condemned systematic surveillance and a digital siege in the territory and urged intensified monitoring by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) along with concrete accountability measures.
According to Kashmir Media Service, addressing the Council on behalf of the International Action for Peace and Sustainable Development, Sardar Amjad Yousaf Khan presented statistics on the human rights situation since 2019, citing over 1,050 killings and tens of thousands of arrests. He highlighted restrictions on international access to occupied Jammu and Kashmir and strongly called upon the High Commissioner to issue a third OHCHR report to assess accountability gaps and ongoing violations.