Islamabad, September 06, 2020 (PPI-OT): Chairman Institute of Kashmir Institute of International Relations, Altaf Hussain Wani has appreciated the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for raising grave concerns over widespread human rights violations in the occupied Kashmir, especially the closure of the State Human Rights Commission by the government of India.
In a statement, the KIIR chief while terming it as a healthy development said, “The UN SR’s letter to the government of India vindicates our stand on the rights violations, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearance and abuse of rights by the Indian state. He said that the letter should serve as an-eye opener for those who have chosen to stay silent on the simmering situation in the held territory especially after the events of 5th August 2019.
Meanwhile, the KIIR chairman also appreciated HRW for expressing concern over the use of pellet guns in Kashmir. Wani said that the human rights watchdogs have always voiced their strong reservations over use of firearms and live ammunition insisting that such kind of lethal weapons must never be used simply to disperse an assembly.
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