From Our Correspondent
MIRPUR (AJK): Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan on Wednesday welcomed the statement of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Michelle Bachelet in which she has expressed concern over the state-sponsored violence against civilians, including the use of pellet guns and changes in domicile rules in Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIoJK).
Michelle, in her inaugural statement at the 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva had stated that military and police violence against civilians including use of pellet guns continue in the IIoJK.
She maintained that the Indian Government’s August 5 moves followed by domicile laws were generating deep anxiety among the people across Jammu and Kashmir.In a statement, the AJK President said what the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has stated was the just tip of the iceberg.
The real situation is even worse as the Indian occupation army is not only abusing the rights of Kashmiri people but it also is engaged in carrying out genocide, war crimes and the crimes against humanity, AJK Presidential Secretariat told media. Masood Khan called upon the United Nations to intervene to stop the carnage, land grab and illicit transfer of Indian citizen to IIoJK to change the demographic structure of the region.
