Human Rights Minister writes to High Commissioner of Human Rights

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Islamabad, July 08 (Online Int’l): Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr. Shireen Mazari wrote a letter to High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Michelle Bachelet. She mentioned in her letter, “I am writing to your office today out of grave concern over the illegal annexation of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir by the Republic of India on 5th August 2019.”

“Your personal commitment to protecting and promoting human rights has been consistent and unwavering due to which I appeal to your respected office to bring to a halt the forcible transfer of civilian populations to and from Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.”

She further highlighted that OHCHR has issued two reports on Kashmir: the first report in June 2018 and the second in July 2019. In both reports your office has rightly raised a concern over the excessive use of force by Indian security forces in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, she wrote.

This excessive use of force by India is its standard modus operandi, as a recently released picture from Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, where a three-year-old child sits on his grandfather’s blood covered dead body in Sopore, shows.

She further said in her letter that unfortunately, in the absence of intervention by the international community, India seems to have gained the strength to violate international human rights laws and international humanitarian laws, with no concern as to consequences for these serious violations.

She further mentioned that India has granted around 25,000 Indian citizens domicile certificates in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir in a blatant violation of the fourth Geneva Convention, Article 49 of which clearly states: The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.

She further requested the High Commissioner for an urgent intervention with respect to bringing to an end these breaches of fundamental human rights norms. If we do not act together now, we may risk further destabilization and bloodshed in the region, which would affect millions on both sides of the Line of Control, the Pakistan-India border and in the region at large, she wrote.

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