Updated Feb 19, 2021 · 08:26 am A Kashmir girl rides her bike past Indian security force personnel standing guard in front closed shops in a street in Srinagar. | Danish Ismail/Reuters
The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday criticised the concerns expressed by United Nations human rights experts about the political and religious rights of Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir, saying their observations were “deplorable”, riddled with “hasty conclusions” and based on “inaccurate assumptions”.
The assertions came after two experts from the United Nations Human Rights Council warned that the constitutional changes of 2019 in Jammu and Kashmir could curtail political participation of Muslims and other minorities and lead to potential discrimination in employment and land ownership.
India slams UN human rights experts comments on situation in J&K
Published : Feb 19, 2021, 9:12 am IST
Updated : Feb 19, 2021, 9:12 am IST
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A shocking statement was released by the UN Special Procedures on the same day a group of 24 foreign envoys visited Jammu and Kashmir for two days to assess the ground situation in the Union Territory. UN human rights experts, in a press release on Thursday, expressed concerns that India s decision to end Jammu and Kashmir s autonomy and enact new laws could curtail the previous level of political participation of Muslim and other minorities in the country.
The unfounded statements made by the UN Special Rapporteurs criticised the changes in J&K, right from abrogation of Article 370 to enacting new laws. The experts, who claim to be a part of independent fact-finding and monitoring mechanisms of the UN Human Rights Council, said the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was established with specific autonomy guarantees to respect the ethnic, linguistic and religious identities of its people, and it was the only Indian
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MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava questioned the objectivity and neutrality of the independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council.
A Kashmiri woman feeds pigeons after the scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the government, in Srinagar, August 11, 2019. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
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New Delhi: After UN human rights experts expressed concern that the new domicile rules may lead to a demographic change in Jammu and Kashmir, India lashed out, questioning the “objectivity and neutrality” of the independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council.
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