Islamabad (10th April, 2020): Veteran Hurriyat leader and Chairman Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR) Altaf Hussain Wani has made a passionate appeal to the UN Secretary General Antonio Gutters urging him to mount pressure on India to revoke all anti-Kashmir-laws including new domicile law, which violates the United Nations resolutions that provide basis and structure for final disposition of the state through a fair and free plebiscite conducted under the auspices of United Nations. In a communique addressed to the UN secretary General, the KIIR chief expressed his grave concern over new set of laws introduced by the government of India for Jammu and Kashmir. Terming these anti-Kashmir laws as a flagrant violation of international covenants Mr. Wani urged the UN Secretary General, High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet, Human Rights Council President Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, member states and civil society to impress upon India to revoke all laws which violate the United Nations resolutions of 13th August 1948 and 5th January 1949. Referring to international covenants, which strictly restrict and restrain occupying states from altering demographic character of occupied area, Wani said, “The state of Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognized dispute between India and Pakistan and … Continue reading Press Release: KIIR chief writes to UN SG, calls for revocation of anti-Kashmir laws