Human Rights Abuses in the Indian Occupied Kashmir
Lahore, Jan. 6 -- In July, 2019 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a 43 pages reports on human rights violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). Summary of report is available online on Aljazeera's website. According to UN report Indian occupation forces have killed one hundred unarmed protestors in 2016, after Burhan Wanni's killing. UN criticized Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Indian forces are empowered
to detain unarmed Kashmiris. Act empowers Indian security officials to carryout extra judicial killings of anyone in Kashmir valley. It serves as an umbrella to quell prosecution of armed forces personnel alleged of human rights violations in civilian courts. UN report recommended to carryou...
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