AJK president welcomes latest UN report on Kashmir.
MIRPUR (AJK) -- Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan has welcomed a UN report calling communication blockades imposed by India in occupied Kashmir as a tool to curb expression and other fundamental rights of the people there.
'The report of the UN Special Rapporteur, David Kaye on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and the expression says internet shutdown and other curbs severely restricted expression and other fundamental rights, especially since the outbreak of coronavirus', Masood said.
Commenting on the report on Saturday, Sardar Masood Khan said that the report clearly reveals that media internet service blockade by India in the held territory has badly affected the right of freedom of expression of the Kashmiri people, and now the outbreak of the novel coronavirus has further deteriorated the situation.
He said that the UN report reveals that the curbs imposed by the Indian government in occupied Jammu and Kashmir after August 2019, was merely an excuse for collective punishment against the whole Kashmiri nation.
Doctors, nurses and other medical staff, due to the limited internet access, after the outbreak of coronavirus, are facing serious difficulties in seeking health-related basic information.
The AJK president said that the unlawful actions taken by India in occupied Kashmir now stand exposed, and the report prepared by the United Nations reflects the real situation prevailing in occupied Kashmir.
This report titled "Disease pandemics and the freedom of opinion and expression" will now be presented in the Human Rights Council.
However, the AJK President maintained that the United Nations should not rely on mere preparing a report on the serious situation in occupied Kashmir but it will have to take concrete steps to seek termination...
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