Pakistani politician, Shehryar Khan Afridi, who serves as Chairperson of the Parliamentary Special Committee on Kashmir, on Friday called upon US President Joe Biden, United Nations secretary-general, and the world community to put pressure on India to immediately release Kashmiri political prisoners arrested after the abrogation of Article 370 and 35-A on August 5, 2019, in violation of international human rights laws and UN charters.
Speaking to the media with regard to the Kashmir Solidarity Day, Afridi also called for the immediate lifting of internet and communications blockade enforced in South Kashmir on the eve of Kashmir Solidarity Day.
“This communication blackout by Hindutva regime aims at withholding information and to keep the Kashmiri people disconnected from the rest of the world. India Wants to keep Kashmiris caged in the world’s biggest prison,” the minister said.
The minister urged the Biden administration to immediately take cognizance of the human rights abuses and use of RDX by forces in destroying houses and properties of the Kashmiris under the Hindutva’s plan of genocide of Kashmiri people.
Urging for a more proactive Parliamentarians’ role in highlighting Kashmir cause to make India accountable for its crimes against humanity in Kashmir, Shehryar Afridi said the implementation of UNSC Resolutions on Kashmir is a collective responsibility of all the Member States of the United Nations.
Chairman Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Afridi said that there is a growing momentum among international Parliamentarians worldwide to work together to galvanize world conscience to halt India’s aggression and make it accountable for its atrocities against Kashmiris in IIOJK.
He said that the political leaders and legislators in several countries, including the US, Canada and Europe, including the Chairperson of the European Parliament have also expressed their concerns on Kashmir.
