Our Correspondent
Mirpur
The Human Rights Day was observed across Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) on Tuesday with the unanimous demand for early end to the ongoing massive human rights abuses in the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK) state for the last 128 days, and in other parts of the world.
Denying all international norms and commitments and human rights, India through its sinister and shameful move of August 5 scrapped the special status of the internationally-acknowledged disputed Jammu Kashmir state abrogating article 370 and 35-A of her constitution and turned it the largest prison on the planet with imposition of indefinite curfew and informative restrictions.
Special ceremonies were held in various parts of the AJK, including Mirpur division under the auspices of various social, political, human rights and public representative organizations to observe the day. Addressing these ceremonies, speakers emphasized the need of making collective efforts by the international community to ensure the complete protection of human rights all over the world, particularly in those areas including the IOJK where people were being denied their due rights facing the history’s worst human rights abuses since August 5 this year.
Meanwhile, highlighting the role of young people in leading the way to a better future for all, United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said they are the ones who are ‘bringing human rights to life’. In a message marking this year’s observance of Human Rights Day, celebrated on Tuesday, he noted that young people are ‘marching for their right to a future of peace, justice and equal opportunities.’
