Islamabad, March 24, 2023 (PPI-OT): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, human rights violations perpetrated by Indian troops, paramilitary and police personnel have reached alarming proportions since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Indian government repealed the IIOJK’s special status in August 2019. A report released by Kashmir Media Service on the occasion of “International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims” being observed today, said though Amnesty and US annual report have been raising alarm about rights violations in IIOJK yet Indian troops, paramilitary and police personnel are arbitrarily arresting, torturing and killing Kashmiris on daily basis during so-called cordon and search operations (CASOs).
It said over 96,000 people, including young boys and women, have fell 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. It said even human rights activists and journalists in IIOJK are not spared by fascist Indian regime, adding they are abducted, threatened and tortured simply for doing their job.
It said amid widening crackdown on journalists, Indian infamous National Investigation Agency (NIA) recently arrested Kashmiri journalist Irfan Meraaj in Srinagar. Later, a court in New Delhi sent him to 10-day custody of the NIA. The report said that the Indian Hindutva 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 rights abuses in the occupied territory and bring Indian troops and all its men in uniform as well as the Indian government to book for their crimes in the occupied territory. Meanwhile, APHC spokesman in a statement issued in Srinagar has deplored that India wants to crush the Kashmiris freedom struggle with military might and appealed to the world human rights organizations to impress upon India to stop violating the basic rights of the detainees.
He said people’s struggles for the realization of their political will can never be crushed through force, illegal detentions and on the strength of military might. He added that the Kashmiris would stay united and would continue their struggle till the ongoing freedom movement reached its logical conclusion. He said all outstanding issues between India and Pakistan, including the Kashmir dispute, can be resolved through meaningful dialogue.
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