Day: September 11, 2020

Geneva envoys meet UN rights chief on Jammu and Kashmir

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OIC ambassadors tell Michelle Bachelet that in last year human rights situation worsened in Jammu and Kashmir Ambassadors of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group in Geneva met Tuesday with the UN’s human rights chief on the conditions in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan’s Geneva mission to the UN said on Twitter that the envoys met virtually with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to communicate their concerns on the human rights situation in Indian-administered Kashmir. The group comprised Azerbaijan, Niger, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan and…

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Coronavius could fuel more Conflict, Poverty, Starvation: UN

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Top UN officials have warned that the COVID19 pandemic has aggravated discrimination and other human rights violations that can fuel conflict, and its indirect consequences are dwarfing the impact of the virus itself in the world’s most fragile countries. UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo and UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock on Wednesday painted a grim picture to the UN Security Council of the global impact of the pandemic that has blanketed the world, with over 26 million confirmed cases of COVID19 and more than 860,000 deaths. Lowcock warned the council…

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Hurriyat forum led by Mirwaiz demands release of all Kashmiri detainees

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Hurriyat forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has demanded immediate and unconditional release of all illegally detained Kashmiris lodged in various jails of the territory and India. The Hurriyat forum expressed serious concern over the miserable plight of thousands of Kashmiri prisoners including Hurriyat leaders, activists and youth lodged in Tihar, Kot Bhalwal, Amphala, Jodhpur, Agra, Haryana and various other jails of IIOJK and India or have been under house arrest before and after August 05, 2019, especially in times of COVID-19. It said that these prisoners were being victimized…

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