UNHRC urged to address human rights abuses in IIOJK
Geneva: A statement delivered on behalf of the International Muslim Women Union at the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday urged the High Commissioner to address the grave human rights situation in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Ms. Shamim Shawl, delivering the statement, expressed concern that despite two reports by the Office of the High Commissioner and numerous communications from special rapporteurs, the situation in occupied Kashmir remains ignored.
She highlighted the detention of over 5,000 innocent people, including political leaders, human rights activists, and journalists, and the use of rape as a weapon of war. Shawl called on the High Commissioner to end the silence and urged India to allow a fact-finding mission to investigate past and ongoing human rights violations in Kashmir, emphasizing that accountability is essential to ensure the indivisibility, universality, and impartiality of human rights.
