UN urged to implement Kashmir resolution

JKSM's Altaf Bhat urges UN action for Kashmir's self-determination amid grave rights violations in IIOJK.

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ISLAMABAD:

Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM) Chairman Altaf Ahmed Bhat has urged the United Nations to uphold its commitment by implementing the historic resolution, which acknowledges the right to self-determination for the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

In a statement issued on Saturday, he called on the international community, particularly the United Nations, to take immediate action to resolve the Kashmir dispute in accordance with its resolutions and to address the ongoing human rights violations in Illegally Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

Highlighting the gravity of the situation, Bhat noted that since 1947, the unresolved Kashmir issue has been a source of bloodshed and suffering for millions in the region.

"The people of Kashmir have endured decades of violence, oppression, and state-sponsored terrorism at the hands of Indian forces," he said, emphasizing that the region has been turned into a battlefield where innocent lives are lost on daily basis.

Bhat condemned the actions of India's fascist regime, accusing it of systematically altering the region's demography to convert the Muslim majority into a minority. "Kashmir has become a living hell for its residents, with rampant killings, harassment and humiliation inflicted upon the population by trigger-happy forces," he added.

Chairman JKSM further added that, Since August 5, 2019, after the revocation of Articles 370 and 35A, Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed 955 killings, 2,455 cases of torture, and 25,591 civilian arrests. Additionally, 1,125 structures have been destroyed, displacing families and intensifying the region's crisis.

The conflict has left 72 women widowed, 196 children orphaned and 134 women victims of gang rape or molestation. These figures underscore the grave human rights violations and the urgent need for global intervention. He added.

Reiterating JKSM's stance, he added that holding UN-supervised plebiscite remains the only peaceful and viable solution to the Kashmir conflict. He urged the UN to fulfill its legal and moral obligations by ensuring the implementation of its resolutions and allowing the people of Kashmir to decide their political future.