Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Forum Satisfied With UN Approach On Kashmir

In Indian occupied Kashmir, the forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has noted with satisfaction that the United Nations has started playing a proactive role on the Kashmir dispute by taking note of the serious human rights abuses taking place in the territory and supporting people's right to self-determination.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Sep, 2018 ) :In Indian occupied Kashmir, the forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has noted with satisfaction that the United Nations has started playing a proactive role on the Kashmir dispute by taking note of the serious human rights abuses taking place in the territory and supporting people's right to self-determination.

According to Kashmir Media Service, a crucial meeting of the Hurriyat forum was held at Rajbagh in Srinagar with Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in chair.

The meeting attended by all constituents of the forum took note of the recent remarks of the UN Human Rights Council Chief, Michelle Bachelet, on Kashmir and expressed satisfaction over it.

All members expressed serious concern over the continued cordon and search operations by the Indian forces mostly in South Kashmir resulting in killing and maiming of youth, thrashing of inmates and vandalizing of properties.

They termed these operations as the worst kind of state terrorism to intimidate and harass people and called for an immediate end to these actions.

The participants of the meeting expressed strong resentment over the killing of peaceful protesters. They said an open aggression against the people of Kashmir reflected the frustration of the Indian forces deployed in occupied Kashmir.

The meeting condemned the raids conducted by the Indian police and paramilitary personnel on the houses of resistance leaders and activists. They said people of Kashmir reject all election dramas and only seek right to self-determination.