Chairman of the Special Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shahryar Afridi briefed the Director of the United Nations Human Rights Watch Louis Charbonneau, on the human rights situation in Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

The meeting took place on the side-lines of the 76th session of UN General Assembly.

Shahryar Afridi urged the HRW and other credible voices to call upon India to comply with its international legal obligations and commitments and allow Kashmiris to exercise their right to self-determination as enshrined in the relevant Security Council resolutions.

Human Rights Watch, a prominent international watchdog has issued a number of reports critical of India’s human rights abuses in Kashmir, especially after New Delhi’s annexation of the disputed territory.