London: Ahead of a closed-door consultation on the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir at the UN Security Council today, Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General of Amnesty International has said that members of the council need to remember that their mandate is to protect international peace and security.
In a statement, Kumi Naidoo said: “For the first time in decades the United Nations Security Council is taking up the issue of occupied Kashmir. Members of the council need to remember that their mandate is to protect international peace and security – and they should seek to resolve the situation in a way that puts the human rights of the people in this troubled region at its centre.”
“We reiterate our calls to the Indian government to act in accordance with international human rights law and standards towards people living in occupied Kashmir, including in relation to arrests and detentions of political opponents, and the rights to liberty and freedom of movement.”
The statement further says “The actions of the Indian government have thrown ordinary people’s lives into turmoil, subjecting them to unnecessary pain and distress on top of the years of human rights violations they have already endured.”
“The people of Indian occupied Kashmir should not be treated as pawns in a political crisis, and the international community must come together to call for their human rights to be respected.”
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