Custodial killings in Indian Occupied Kashmir go on while world keeps silence
DND Thought Center Report
The world is silent as before while custodial killings of Kashmiri leaders in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir indicate that soft response from the international community is encouraging India to go ahead with its plan of a complete purge against those who want freedom promised by the United Nations with Kashmiris.
The recent incident of custodial killing is the death of a 77-year-old leader of Hurriyat, a pro-freedom group in the region. Mohammad Ashraf Khan (1944 – 5 May 2021), chiefly known as Ashraf Sehrai.
He was arrested under the barbaric law -Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act – in July 2020 and was serving imprisonment in the district jail of Udhampur.
Demise of Kashmiri leader condoled
Islamabad
May 7, 2021
Islamabad: Central leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Special Assistant to the Punjab Chief Minister on Investment, Sardar Tanvir Ilyas Khan has expressed a deep sense of shock over the martyrdom of imprisoned Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai due insufficient health care facilities in jail.
In a statement on Thursday, he said the brutal treatment meted out to Kashmiri leaders by Indian authorities and keeping them in detention was an inhuman and highly condemnable act. He called upon the international community and human rights organisations to take notice of the death of Ashraf Sehrai in detention due to lack of sufficient health facilities. Sardar Tanvir observed that other Kashmiri leaders like Syed Ali Gilani, Muhammad Yasin Malik and Asiya Andrabi were also facing life threats due to adverse health conditions and spread of COVID-19.
Top Story
May 6, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Former Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani has termed the European Union Resolution against Pakistan as discriminatory and double-standard of the West, saying that if European and Western capitals are the citadels of protecting human rights and freedom of expression then the EU Resolution against Pakistan is discriminatory.
“During the last two years, India has subjected the people of Occupied Kashmir to genocide, using rape as a weapon of war, using pallet bullets on children, practicing ethnic genocide, changing the demography of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) and violating the Security Council resolutions, but no resolution or review of ties has been undertaken.,” he said in a statement on Wednesday.
Daily Times
May 6, 2021
Pakistan on Wednesday urged the United Nations, WHO and ICRC to take cognizance of the deteriorating medical supplies for the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and set up an International Humanitarian Medical Corridor to help provide medical support to the Kashmiri people.
The urge was made by the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir which held its special session to urge the world to set up an international medical corridor to provide medical support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Chairing the meeting, Chairman of Kashmir Committee Shehryar Khan Afridi presented a detailed report on the deteriorating medical system in mainland India and especially in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and called upon the world community to intervene on humanitarian grounds.
Pakistan suggests medical corridor for people of occupied Kashmir
The Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir on Wednesday urged the United Nations, World Health Organisation and International Committee of the Red Cross to set up an international humanitarian medical corridor to help provide medical support to the people of India-held Kashmir (IHK).
The call was made during an emergent session of the committee held in view of the fast deteriorating Covid-19 situation in IHK.
Addressing the meeting, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the primary concern was humanity and a global answer was required to deal with the pandemic.
“Situation in India is delicate and being a neighbour, Pakistan is concerned. Pakistan offered assistance due to the challenging situation. We have not received any response from India yet. Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) is also suffering and we feel very strongly as we are connected to them historically and religiously,” he sa