Separatists send petition to UNHRC

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, June 20

Three key separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik, who refer to themselves as joint resistance leadership, on Wednesday sent a petition to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), demanding the establishment of an independent international commission of inquiry to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the human rights violations in Kashmir.

The petition describes the overall situation of the abuse of human rights by the security forces in Kashmir with references to a number of instances of such abuse which necessitate the establishment of an independent international commission of inquiry, the separatists said in a statement.

It cited the recent report by the UNHRC High Commissioner which has detailed the human rights violations in Kashmir.