UN Human Rights Expert Urges Investigation Into Kashmir Violence
August 20, 2000 - 0:0
UNITED NATIONS, New York An expert from the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNHRC) has urged the governments of India and Pakistan to investigate the recent outbreak of violence in Kashmir, which has left over 100 dead.
Recalling that the Hizbul Mujahideen is allegedly based in Pakistan, Asma Jahangir, the special rapporteur on extra-judicial affairs called on the Islamabad government to investigate the allegations and to ensure that all possible steps were taken to prevent further violence.
She also called on India to conduct a "high-level independent inquiry into the August 1 killing of over 85 people in the Kashmiri villages of Pahalgam, Anantnag and Pogal." Reports following the attack have linked the Hizbul Mujahideen and Indian security forces to those deaths, Ms. Jahangir said.
In appealing to the two governments, the special rapporteur said the recent violence "imperils the nascent peace process in Kashmir and delays one key dividend of such a process: an end to arbitrary and summary killings in that tortured land." (IRNA)
Recalling that the Hizbul Mujahideen is allegedly based in Pakistan, Asma Jahangir, the special rapporteur on extra-judicial affairs called on the Islamabad government to investigate the allegations and to ensure that all possible steps were taken to prevent further violence.
She also called on India to conduct a "high-level independent inquiry into the August 1 killing of over 85 people in the Kashmiri villages of Pahalgam, Anantnag and Pogal." Reports following the attack have linked the Hizbul Mujahideen and Indian security forces to those deaths, Ms. Jahangir said.
In appealing to the two governments, the special rapporteur said the recent violence "imperils the nascent peace process in Kashmir and delays one key dividend of such a process: an end to arbitrary and summary killings in that tortured land." (IRNA)