Pakistani HC apprises UK MPs on Kashmir humanitarian crisis
LONDON (Web Desk) – Briefing a large number of UK Parliamentarians in the House of Commons, Pakistani High Commissioner (HC) to UK Mohammad Nafees Zakaria apprised continued humanitarian crisis in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK).
During the briefing, the Pakistani HC has said the continued human rights abuses in Indian occupied Kashmir are an affront to the conscience of humanity.
Zakaria said that the ongoing humanitarian crisis in occupied Kashmir has been going on since August 5. “For the past seven decades Indian governments have been perpetrating grave human rights violations in the occupied territory unabatedly with impunity,” he added.
He emphasised that Indian governments’ atrocities, such as mass killings, fake encounters, abductions, forced disappearances, use of prohibited weapons such as pellet guns and cluster munitions against the defenceless Kashmiris have caused incalculable sufferings to the Kashmiri nation and these atrocities come under the ambit of crimes against humanity under all human rights and humanitarian conventions, statutes and United Nations resolutions.
The high commissioner underlined that complete lockdown in the valley for 31 days with no communication with the outside world and the reports of killings, abductions, illegal detentions, rapes and use of pellet guns against the defenceless Kashmiris was a matter of deep concern.
Nafees Zakaria lauded all the UK parliamentarians for becoming voice for the oppressed people of Occupied Kashmir.
Zakaria said that the ongoing humanitarian crisis in occupied Kashmir has been going on since August 5. “For the past seven decades Indian governments have been perpetrating grave human rights violations in the occupied territory unabatedly with impunity,” he added.
He emphasised that Indian governments’ atrocities, such as mass killings, fake encounters, abductions, forced disappearances, use of prohibited weapons such as pellet guns and cluster munitions against the defenceless Kashmiris have caused incalculable sufferings to the Kashmiri nation and these atrocities come under the ambit of crimes against humanity under all human rights and humanitarian conventions, statutes and United Nations resolutions.
The high commissioner underlined that complete lockdown in the valley for 31 days with no communication with the outside world and the reports of killings, abductions, illegal detentions, rapes and use of pellet guns against the defenceless Kashmiris was a matter of deep concern.
The Pakistani HC noted that all these human rights violations were taking place in the 21st century and amidst protectors of human rights, by a so-called world's largest democracy. Zakaria urged an immediate and unconditional end to the bloodshed of Kashmiris in Indian occupied Kashmir; delivery of justice to the victims; and, accountability of the perpetrators as demanded by international human rights bodies and NGOs of international repute and members of the civil society, such as OHCHR, IPHRC, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, US Human Rights Report on India and International People’s Tribunal.High Commissioner briefs #British #Parliamentarians at the #HouseofCommons on #HumanitarianCrisis in #IndianOccupiedKashmir (IOK)
Continued human rights abuses in #IOK are an affront to the conscience of #humanity: Nafees Zakaria @ZakariaNafees @epwing_official @pid_gov pic.twitter.com/46p84bLSja — Pakistan High Commission London (@PakistaninUK) September 4, 2019
UK MPs agree for alleviation of Kashmiris’ sufferings
UK parliamentarians have agreed to continue to work for ensuring the alleviation of suffering being faced by the people of the IoK. According to the statement of the Pakistani HC, the British lawmakers acknowledged that the Kashmir issue is an internationally recognized dispute that awaits the implementation of the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
Nafees Zakaria lauded all the UK parliamentarians for becoming voice for the oppressed people of Occupied Kashmir.
