At the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, professor Sajjad Raja, the chairman of the National Equality Party for Jammu and Kashmir Gilgit Baltistan and Ladakh (NEP-JKGBL) raised the issue of the abduction of minor girl Falak Noor, who was allegedly kidnapped from Pak-occupied Gilgit t
The students of Government Boys Degree College in Skardu staged massive protests by blocking roads while demanding an uninterrupted power supply in the area.
He emphasised that this constitutional racial discrimination by Pakistan's occupying forces blatantly violates the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
Professor Sajjad Raja, the Chairman of the National Equality Party for Jammu Kashmir Gilgit Baltistan and Ladakh (NEP-JKGBL), made a striking comparison between the people living in Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh region and those in the Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Protest demonstrations took place in Hunza and Islamabad on Sunday in response to the alleged abduction and forced marriage of an underage girl from Gilgit Baltistan, Dawn reported.
The International Committee for the Respect and Application of the African Charter on Human and People's Rights (ICRAC) also called for urgent UN intervention in the occupied regions, highlighting Pakistan's historical violations.
Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan held a protest outside the United Nations in Geneva on Friday, demanding Pakistan vacate its forces from the occupied territories in accordance with the UN Security Council Resolution.
The students of Government Inter College Chatorkhand in Gilgit Baltistan on Friday protested outside their college premises on Friday, raising various issues that created major problems in their learning process.
In his statement, Hussain said "We draw the attention of the UNHRC to the dire human rights situation in POK and GB, which urgently requires UN intervention. The ongoing movement, sit-ins, and civil disobedience led by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC) alongside protest
A political activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir criticized Pakistan at the United Nations for disregarding human rights and failing to maintain law and order in the occupied region.
The negligence of the administration of Gilgit-Baltistan over the kidnapping case of an 11-year-old girl Falak Noor has given rise to aggression amongst the locals of Sultanabad.