Srinagar: Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday welcomed the statement of UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet in which she slammed India for lack of any ‘meaningful improvement’ on addressing issues highlighted in the UN report on human rights violations in Kashmir.
“Welcome the appointment and the opening statement of @mbachelet, the new commissioner of @UNHumanRights. We hope that her esteemed office continues to monitor and follow up on the grave human rights abuses in #Kashmir,” tweeted Mirwaiz.
It was Bachelet’s first address to the United Nations Human Rights Council after her appointment while succeeding Zeid Raad al Hussain as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights this month.
“In her opening remarks at the 39th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Bachelet said the people of Kashmir had the same rights to justice and dignity as people all over the world,” The Indian Express quoted Bachelet as having said.
“The people of Kashmir have exactly the same rights to justice and dignity as people all over the world and we urge authorities to respect them,” she said.