Displaced Kashmiri Pandits turn to UN over rights violations in state

Displaced Pandits have urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to give due consideration to the plight of 3.5 lakh Kashmiri Hindus who were forced to leave their homeland by militant groups inspired by Islamic extremist ideology in 1989-90. In the backdrop of attacks by militants on Pandit habitations and vandalism of transit camps housing minority community employees by stone- throwing mobs during the 2016 unrest, human rights activists have urged the UN body to take note of fact that Pandits have been denied the right to live in…

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