Pakistan calls upon UNHRC to take note of gravity of rising HR abuses in IoJ and K.

GENEVA -- Pakistan has called upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to take note of scale and gravity of rising human rights abuses in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, Khalil Hashmi while participating at 44th Session of Human Rights Council said the primary goal behind the unilateral actions of India is to change the demographic composition of the occupied territory.

The representative said that the country is imposing its signature imperialist policies by granting domicile certificates to non-residents in thousands.

Khalil Hashmi said this 21st century version of muzzling fundamental rights, flagrant disregard of democratic principles and non-compliance of international law are being carried out by nearly one million military and paramilitary Indian forces.

He said the UN High Commissioner has been alerting the Council on the dire human rights situation in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Since the last Kashmir report by OHCHR in July last year, the scale and gravity of human rights abuses in Occupied Kashmir has increased significantly. This crisis situation has been unleashed by India's illegal actions of 05 August last year.

The Representative said these abuses and atrocities include arbitrary arrests, detention and imprisonment of political activists and human rights. The Kashmir Bar Association reports...