MIRPUR (Kashmir English): A six-member Kashmiri delegation hailing from both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) – (Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), on Sunday left for Geneva to attend 58th session of United Nations Human Rights Council, it was officially said.
The main objective of the visit is to bring to focus the ongoing human rights violations in Indian Illegally occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir state.
The delegation would apprise the world forum about the alarming increase in the incidents of extrajudicial killings, torture, clampdown on dissent, attacks on religious rights and plight of illegally detained Kashmiri prisoners languishing in different jails, according to head of the delegation Altaf Hussain Wani.
The delegation would also apprise the world audience of the Indian government’s sinister designs aimed at land grabbing, demographic changes and cultural and identity erosion to strengthening its control over the territory.
During its stay in Geneva, the delegation besides attending the UNHRC session is scheduled to attend a host of important meetings with the UNHRC mandate holders, special rapporteurs, diplomats and representatives of international NGOs, Wani said.
Kashmiri delegation
The delegation comprised of political leaders, academicians, civil society members and rights activists including the APHC convener Ghulam Muhammad Safi, the Chairman Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR) Altaf Hussain Wani , the KIIR Executive Director Sardar Amjad Yousaf Khan, Advocate Pervez Shah General Secretary APHC, Dr. Shugafta Ashraf and Dr. Abida Rafique.
