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FO chides UN for equating AJK with held Valley
[DAWN] The Foreign Office said on Thursday it would welcome any UN mission intending to visit Azad Jammu and Kashmire, but took strong exception to equating AJK with India-held Valley."While welcoming any UN team that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights may wish to send to AJK, we cannot accept equating the rampant human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... violations in IOK (India-Occupied Kashmire) with the situation in AJK. In fact, today the contrast between grim reality in IOK and the peaceful situation in AJK could not be more stark. It is, therefore, essential that the UN fact-finding team must visit IOK," the FO said in a statement. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein had in a statement on Wednesday askFO chides UN for equating AJK with held Valleyed for access to both India-held Kashmire and Azad Jammu and Kashmire for probing the allegations of human rights violations. Posted by: Fred 2016-08-20 |
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