ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has welcomed the joint statement by six international organisations against the violation of human rights in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK).
The international human rights organisations called on India to immediately release all the arbitrarily detained prisoners and restore full high-speed internet access IoK.
#Pakistan welcomes the joint statement by six international human rights organizations, calling on India to immediately release all arbitrarily detained prisoners and restore full high speed internet access in Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir #IOJK.
1/3— Spokesperson ???????? MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) April 7, 2020
In this regard, Foreign Office spokesperson Ayesha Faroouqi took to Twitter and said, “The joint statement rightly underlines that measures to combat coronavirus must respect human rights of every individual.”
The Joint Statement rightly underlines that measures to combat #COVID19 must respect human rights of every individual. Urgent release of political prisoners, human rights defenders & all those arrested in IOJ&K after 5 August 2019 is therefore imperative. 2/3
— Spokesperson ???????? MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) April 7, 2020
She further said, “Urgent release of political prisoners, human rights defenders and all those arrested in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir after 5 August 2019 is therefore imperative.”
The spokesperson also said, “The allegations of torture against Kashmiri prisoners as part of a decades-long pattern of abuses have been repeatedly denounced by human rights and UN bodies.”
Expressing concern on isolation of inmates from outside ???? due 2 comm.blackout & ban on prison visits, the statement underscores that allegations of torture against Kashmiri prisoners as part of a decades-long pattern of abuses have been repeatedly denounced by HR & UN bodies.3/3
— Spokesperson ???????? MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) April 7, 2020
