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UN HRO Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir [Full Report]

By Sikh Siyasat Bureau

June 16, 2018

Geneva: There is an urgent need to address past and ongoing human rights violations and abuses and deliver justice for all people in Kashmir, who for seven decades have suffered a conflict that has claimed or ruined numerous lives, a report by the UN Human Rights Office published on Thursday (June 14) says.

ALSO READFIRST-EVER UN HRO REPORT ON KASHMIR SHOWS MIRROR TO INDIA AND PAKISTAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

The 49-page report – the first ever issued by the UN on the human rights situation in Indian-Administered and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir – details human rights violations and abuses on both sides of the Line of Control, and highlights a situation of chronic impunity for violations committed by security forces.

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