Inhuman Indian military lockdown entered 104th running day, today in Kashmir Valley and Muslim majority areas of Jammu and Ladakh regions.

Pakistan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Mohammad Nafees Zakaria expressing grave concerns over the current worsening human rights violations and humanitarian crisis in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir has said that unresolved Kashmir dispute was a permanent threat to peace and prosperity in the region.

He was speaking a t a seminar organized by Pakistan High Commission London.

siege and the ensuring humanitarian crisis necessitated response from the the international community including the UK.

The speakers on the occasion warned an international community of slow-burning and perpetual genocide of Muslims in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

The US lawmakers during a Congressional hearing on human rights have once again expressed concerns about the grim situation in occupied Kashmir.

Witnesses examined the situation in the occupied territory and recommended action by the Congress, similar to the last hearing held on October 22.

The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bi-partisan commission, held the hearing on Thursday to examine the human rights situation in Kashmir in its historical context, a statement issued at the C ommission’s website said.

India had on August 5 revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir by repealing Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and announced its division into two Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. These two UTs came into existence on October 31. India had also put the occupied territory under severe military siege and communications blockade on August 5.

Indian-American Congresswoman, Pramila Jayapal, at the hearing said that she was deeply concerned by Indian government’s actions in Kashmir. “To detain people without charge, severely limit communications and block third parties from visiting, is harmful to our close and critical relationship,” the Democrat said.

She was joined by other Democrats Sheila Jackson Lee, David Trone and David Cicilline, who criticised India’s actions after scrapping Kashmir’s special status

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