Pakistan must be held accountable for abuses in occupied Kashmir, says India
This story was originally published at 20:31 IST on 14 July 2026
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NEW DELHI – The international community should hold Islamabad accountable for human rights abuses and "misdeeds" in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, India said Tuesday amid continuing protests in the territory.
"The ongoing protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir are a direct consequence of Pakistan's decades-long systemic exploitation and denial of fundamental rights," Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a press briefing here.
According to media reports, dozens of civilians have been killed in clashes with security forces since fresh protests erupted on Jun. 7 over worsening economic conditions and the lack of political representation. The protests are being spearheaded by the Joint Awami Action Committee.
Jaiswal said that rather than addressing the legitimate grievances of the local population, the Pakistani state has responded with "excessive police brutality" in areas "under its illegal and forcible occupation". "We expect and hope that the international community will hold Pakistan fully accountable for these egregious abuses and misdeeds," he said.
On the US charging jailed Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his US-based aide Satinderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, Jaiswal said India and the US are increasingly cooperating in combating terrorism as well as transnational organised crime. "India has consistently maintained that transnational organised crime, terrorism, narcotics smuggling, human trafficking, illegal firearms trafficking, and related criminal networks pose a serious threat to our societies," he said.
Nijjar's killing by unknown gunmen outside a gurudwara in British Columbia, Canada, in June 2023 had soured relations between India and Canada with the latter blaming Indian espionage agencies for the assassination. End
Reported by Asim Khan
Edited by Rajeev Pai
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