Pakistan calls for probe into Extra Judicial Killing of Kashmir laborers.
Pakistan on Tuesday reiterated its call for independent inquiry under international scrutiny into the extra-judicial killing of three innocent Kashmiri laborers in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Laborers Martyred by Indian Forces
The three Kashmiri laborers were martyred by Indian forces in a staged encounter in July 2020 in Shopian where they had come to work in an apple orchard, a statement issued by the Foreign Office said.
“The revelations that weapons were planted on the bodies of the Kashmiri laborers martyred in Kashmir to make it look as though they were armed fighters in a staged ■■■ battle are only a tip of the ice-berg of Indian crimes against the Kashmiri people,” the statement read. “The list of India’s crimes against the Kashmiri people is long.”
Fake Encounters
More than 300 innocent Kashmiris including women and children have been martyred in fake ‘encounters’ and staged ‘cordon and search’ operations during the last one year, the FO said.
“Pakistan has been consistently drawing the international community’s attention towards extra-judicial killings of innocent Kashmiris by the Indian occupation forces to further perpetuate India’s illegal occupation of IIOJK.
Similar findings of extra-judicial killings have been reported by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in its two Kashmir reports of 2018 and 2019,” the statement said.
Expose the brutalities of Indian forces
“The horrific act of extra-judicial killing of Kashmiri laborers as well as other such acts over the past three decades warrant investigation by a UN Commission of Inquiry, as recommended by the OHCHR, to expose the brutalities of Indian security forces in IIOJK.
The OIC-IPHRC in a twitter message said: “Admission of this heinous act (by Indian forces) reinforces IPHRC’s repeated concerns on intensity & frequency of such crimes committed by Indian forces in IIOJK with impunity under (draconian law) Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) supported by the (Indian) State apparatus under the Hindutva ideology and widely condemned by UN, OHCHR and OIC.”
Nothing short of an inquiry under international scrutiny will either meet the requirements of justice or accepted by the Kashmiri’s people. No cover-up exercises can anymore hide India’s crimes and save it from international censure.”
International Community
The Spokesperson called upon the international community to hold India accountable for its crimes against the Kashmiri people and work for resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
The OIC-IPHRC urged the international community to establish a commission of inquiry under the United Nations to investigate these extrajudicial killings and grave human rights violations. It called upon India to repeal the draconian laws, Armed Forces Special Powers Act and Public Safety Act and respect Kashmiris’ right to self-determination as per UN and OIC resolutions.