HR violations reach alarming proportions in IIOJK: Report.

ISLAMABAD -- The worst human rights violations perpetrated by Indian troops in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), paramilitary and police personnel have reached alarming proportions since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Indian government repealed the territory's special status in August 2019.

According to a report compiled by Kashmir Media Service, it said that though Amnesty and US annual reports have been raising alarm about rights violations in IIOJK yet Indian troops, paramilitary and police personnel were arbitrarily arresting, torturing and killing Kashmiris on a daily basis during so-called cordon and search operations (CASOs).

It said over 96,000 people, including young boys and women, had fallen to Indian bullets since January 1989 till date in IIOJK, adding India is using draconian laws, Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Public Safety Act (PSA) and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) to stifle political dissent in the territory.

The report said that the Indian government while violating international laws, is not listening to the global calls to stop human rights violations in IIOJK.

The report maintained that the United Nations must take notice of heinous...

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