Distinguished human rights activist and chairman Kashmir Institute of Worldwide Relations Altaf Hussain Wani has stated that the extremist insurance policies of the apartheid authorities of India have torn aside the social and political order of Jammu and Kashmir.
Altaf Hussain Wani stated this whereas taking part in a normal dialogue organized below Agenda Merchandise three on the sidelines of the 55th session of the UNHRC right here in the present day.
Talking on behalf of the World Muslim Congress, Altaf Hussain Wani drew the Council’s consideration to the quickly deteriorating political and human rights state of affairs within the Indian-administered area of Jammu and Kashmir.
He advised worldwide observers that violations of fundamental human rights, arbitrary detentions and restrictions on freedom of expression and motion have develop into the brand new norm in Kashmir.
He termed the current go to of the Indian Prime Minister to the Kashmir valley as an try to indicate faux normality within the area. He stated that aside from forcing authorities workers to attend Modi’s political rally, individuals have been collected from completely different locations and delivered to the central venue to indicate the world how keen Kashmiris are to see Modi.
He stated that Kashmiri individuals have largely rejected and boycotted BJP’s divisive and hate-based agenda. Altaf Wani stated that Narendra Modi’s go to to Kashmir comes at a time when his right-wing extremist authorities has not solely failed to revive the political course of however can be jailing political leaders for worry of public resentment.
He stated that India has banned political events, arrested journalists and banned the media, restricted freedom of expression and imposed arbitrary legal guidelines on expression and civil society organizations.
He stated that Modi visited a spot the place entry to justice and reality is much away.
He additional stated that the leaders of the so-called largest democracy in Jammu and Kashmir favor democracy, the proper of individuals to self-determination and the abolition of civil and political rights.
Altaf Wani urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to take discover of the Indian authorities’s nefarious plan to crush the peaceable resistance of Kashmiris by means of violence.
