United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein asked India and Pakistan to grant him access to Kashmir amid “grave concerns” over alleged rights violations.
The UN high commissioner for human rights on Wednesday said that he has been working to get observers to the parts of the disputed Himalayan region the two countries control since violence flared last month.
Zeid called it “unfortunate” that he has not been granted an access to the region so far, considering “the seriousness of the allegations of the use of excessive force, allegations of state sponsorship of violence, as well as the number of people killed and the very large number of people injured”.
The human rights office wants observers on the ground in Kashmir to interview victims, witnesses and security forces and to independently assess the situation.