UNHC For Human Rights Pays Rich Tributes To Shaheed Kashmiri Journalist

A Kashmiri delegation comprising on Sardar Amjad Yousaf, Syeed Faiz Naqashbandi, Hassan Banna and Advocate Parvez Ahmad Shah met the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr.Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein at Geneva late Monday.

Mirpur, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Jun, 2018 ) : A Kashmiri delegation comprising on Sardar Amjad Yousaf, Syeed Faiz Naqashbandi, Hassan Banna and Advocate Parvez Ahmad Shah met the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr.Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein at Geneva late Monday.

The delegation thanked the High Commissioner for his first ever report on the human rights situation on Jammu and Kashmir in which he asked the respective govts to respect right to self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir protected under International law.

The report discussed the human rights violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir including rape, murder, forced disappearances, repealing of draconian laws and arrest and detention of political prisoners.

The delegation also thanked him for his request to the Human Rights Council for the formulation of Commission of Inquiries to further investigate human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir.

The delegation appreciated him for his remarks about the murder of renowned Journalist Dr.Shujjat Bukhari during his opening statement in the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The High Commissioner said that Dr.Shujjat Bukhari was an amazing person of high intellect and we all are saddened by his death, the report said. He said "I have sought to engage substantively with both India and Pakistan over the past two years regarding the situation in Kashmir, on both sides of the Line of Control".

He continued as saying "Refusals by both India and Pakistan to enable unconditional access have led us to conduct remote monitoring, with a first report issued last week. I encourage the Council to consider establishing a Commission of Inquiry for a more comprehensive investigation of the human rights situation in Kashmir and reiterate my calls for access.I am tremendously saddened by the assassination of Shujaat Bukhari, a courageous human rights defender actively working for peace, including through his participation in the Track Two diplomacy seeking to help both India and Pakistan put an end to the violence",he concluded, according to the message.