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June 01, 2021
A file of Srinagar. PHOTO: REUTERS
Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Economic Cooperation Organization (PAECO) on Tuesday strongly condemned human rights violations in Indian-Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), a statement by the National Assembly said.
The unanimous declaration was made by the organization’s Executive Council meeting, attended by parliament speakers from the ECO, which currently has 10 members, including Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan.
The two-day conference is being held in Islamabad. “In its landmark outcome document, The Islamabad Declaration, the forum extended unanimous support to the oppressed peoples” of Kashmir and Palestine, the statement said.
UN experts concerned over rights abuses in IIOJK
Five rapporteurs seek reply from Indian government on ill-treatment, disappearances and torture of Kashmiri people
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SRINAGAR:
Allegations of arbitrary detentions, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances are part of what appears to be an ongoing pattern of serious violations of human rights by Indian forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) region, according to UN experts.
This concern was raised by five UN special rapporteurs in a letter to the Indian government on March 31 that was made public by the United Nations on Monday.
The rapporteurs examine questions relevant to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; arbitrary detention; enforced or involuntary disappearances; extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering “terrorism”.
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