Chairman Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR) Altaf Hussain Wani has written a letter to the President of the UN Security Council, saying the Council must act on India's annexation of the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

He said revocation of Articles 370 and 35-A of the Constitution of India by Presidential Order has created a grave risk of a humanitarian catastrophe for the Kashmiri people.

Altaf Hussain Wani called on the members of the UN Security Council to take immediate action to prevail upon India to reverse their illegal occupation.

He said India's Presidential Order is in violation of the UN Security Council Resolutions and between the Governments of India and Pakistan.

He said the annexing of Occupied Kashmir deprives the Kashmiris of their rights and leaves them at the mercy of a Government determined to change the demographics to dilute and crush the Muslim population by moving in large groups of Hindu settlers.

He said all forms of communication have been cut preventing the people from reaching out for support or emergency assistance. A Section 144 forbidding any gathering of citizens has been imposed to prevent the movement of people or protest.

Altaf Hussain Wani said both pro-freedom and pro-India leaders, including two former Chief Ministers, religious and business leaders, and activists have been placed under house arrest. Voices of Kashmiris have been silenced and the will and human rights of the people have been subjugated.