Wed 13 November 2019:
A bipartisan US congressional caucus is as soon as once more set to carry a listening to on November 14 (1 am IST Friday) to look at the human rights scenario in Jammu and Kashmir within the context of the area’s historical past. The listening to is alleged to handle the Valley’s lockdown scenario together with restrictions on web and communication.
This would be the second congressional listening to after the Indian authorities abrogated Article 370 and bifurcated the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories on August 5, which was efficient as of October 31, 2019.
Addressing violations within the Valley
Saying the identical in a press release, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Fee mentioned, “Witnesses will examine the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the context of the region’s history…, and will offer recommendations for action by Congress.” The listening to will probably be open to Members of Congress, congressional workers, the public, and the media.
The word additionally included a 2018 human rights violation report by the workplace of the UN Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in “India and Pakistan-administered Kashmir” The OHCHR had “issued recommendations on a wide range of issues including civilian killings, deaths during security operations, blanket restrictions on journalists and independent observers, misuse of anti-terrorism legislation, and protection of religious minorities” within the area.
Panellists on the listening to
Congressmen and Co-Chairs of TLHRC, James P McGovern and Christopher H Smith, will host the occasion. The panelists embrace, Anurima Bhargava, Commissioner, US Fee on Worldwide Non secular Freedom; Haley Duschinski, Affiliate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Heart for Regulation, Justice and Tradition, Ohio College; Sehla Ashai, Human rights lawyer Yousra Fazili, Human rights lawyer and Kashmiri-American cousin of Mubeen Shah, detained Kashmiri businessman; Arjun S Sethi, Human rights lawyer and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Regulation John Sifton, Asia Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch.
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