As Chair of the APPG on Kashmir, I have secured an important debate in Parliament on the escalating situation in Azad Kashmir.
The APPG continues to work with Ministers to press for the lockdown to be lifted, communications restored, food and medical supplies allowed through, and peaceful table talks resumed with Kashmiri human rights at their heart.
ڈڈیال میں مظاہرین پر فورسز کی فائرنگ کے واقعے میں محمد یعقوب، ساکن سڈل، شہید ہو گئے، اج رینجر کی فائرنگ سے شھدا کی تعداد 2 ہو گئی جبکہ دو افراد شدید زخمی ہوئے ہیں جنہیں علاج کے لیے میرپور منتقل کر دیا گیا ہے۔اللہ تعالیٰ مرحوم کی مغفرت فرمائے، جنت الفردوس میں اعلیٰ مقام عطا کرے، اور زخمیوں کو جلد صحتِ کاملہ نصیب فرمائے۔ آمین۔
آپ یقین کریں یہ ان مردوں کو ڈرانے دھمکانے کی کوشش کر رہے ہیں جن کی عورتیں اور بچے گھروں کو تالے لگا کر سڑکوں پر آگئیں ہیں۔ یہ ویڈیو آج کی ہے کوٹلی آزاد کشمیر کی سڑکیں اختجاج کرنے والی عورتوں اور بچوں سے بھر گئیں ہیں۔جب کے مرد پہلے سے راولاکوٹ اختجاج کر رہے ہیں۔ 28 دن سے دھرنے سے یہ بات ثابت ہو چکی ہے کے یہ ریاست مکمل طور پر فیل ہو چکی ہے۔ یہاں زندگی کو مہنگائی، غربت، بے روزگاری اور اشرفیہ نے تباہ و برباد کر دیا ۔ لوگوں کے پاس دو آپشن موجود ہیں یا مر جانے کا یا پھر اس ظالمانہ قبضے سے جان چھڑائی جائے۔ اللہ پاک ملک پاکستان اور کشمیر پر رحم فرمائے۔
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The APPG on Kashmir held an emergency meeting with Amnesty International and experts reporting on the current situation in Kashmir.
The reports of escalating tensions remain extremely concerning, including restrictions on food and medical supplies.
The APPG continues work with Ministers to press for:
⚫ Lifting the lockdown
⚫ Restoring all communications immediately
⚫ Allowing food and medical supplies through
⚫ Giving access to human rights organisations and peaceful arbitrators
⚫ Immediately resuming peaceful table talks with Kashmiri human rights at their heart
As Chair of APPG Kashmir, I remain deeply concerned by reports of escalating tensions across Azad Kashmir, including restrictions on food and medical supplies.
⚫ Lift the lockdown
⚫ Restore all communications immediately
⚫ Allow food and medical supplies through
⚫ Give access to human rights organisations and peaceful arbitrators
⚫ Immediately resume peaceful table talks with Kashmiri human rights at their heart
There is a brutal Pakistani crackdown on peaceful protesters in illegally occupied Kashmir. Protester groups report up to 30 deaths and over 200 injuries, including British nationals. Live ammunition fired on unarmed people asking for food, electricity and healthcare.
PAKISTAN: Today marks the twelfth consecutive day of the internet shutdown in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir, with mobile network services intermittently disrupted.
The internet shutdown, imposed since 5 June, in response to a call for protest by the Jammu and Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee, has resulted in an information blackout, disrupting people’s access to information and essential services and preventing documentation of human rights violations in the region. Amnesty International urges the authorities to immediately restore all communication services. Blanket or total internet cuts are inherently disproportionate under international human rights law and must never be imposed.
Further, there are reports of a physical blockade, also imposed in response to the call for protest, of key entry points into the region that have disrupted the delivery of essential goods, including food supplies and medicine. Such restrictions are disproportionate and severely impact people’s rights to life, access to healthcare, and freedom of movement. Pakistani authorities must immediately lift the restrictions on movement and communication and restore unhindered access to the region.
International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF)
Urgent Statement on Pakistan-Administered Kashmir
For Immediate Release
The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) condemns in the strongest terms the Pakistani authorities' violent crackdown on peaceful protesters in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir, which has resulted in over 32 civilian deaths, including at least one woman, between June 8 and 16, 2026 .
Escalation and Repression
The crisis was precipitated when authorities designated the Jammu and Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC)—a civil society movement advocating for political and economic rights—as a "proscribed organisation" under anti-terrorism laws on June 5 . This was followed by:
· Complete suspension of internet and mobile networks across the region
· Deployment of federal paramilitary troops
· Mass arbitrary arrests of over 100 activists and leaders
· Travel restrictions barring outsiders from entering the region
· Arrest of journalist Sohrab Barkat under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act
The IHRF has documented a recurring pattern of deadly crackdowns on JKJAAC protests, including violence in May 2024 and October 2025 that claimed multiple lives .
A Pattern of Systemic Violations
This crackdown is not an isolated incident but reflects systemic human rights violations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Despite nominal autonomy, residents are denied meaningful political representation—excluded from Pakistan's National Assembly—and political dissent is routinely suppressed through arbitrary detention, harassment, and violence . The denial of fundamental rights, including freedom of expression, assembly, and association, violates Articles 19, 21, and 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Pakistan is a signatory .
Demands
The IHRF urgently calls upon:
1. The Government of Pakistan and AJK Administration to immediately halt all use of deadly force against peaceful protesters, lift the internet shutdown, release all individuals arbitrarily detained, and lift the unlawful ban on JKJAAC
2. An Independent and Impartial Investigation into all civilian deaths, with full access for international observers, and ensure accountability for those responsible for unlawful use of force, including the alleged extrajudicial killing of activist Shahzeb Habib
3. Restoration of Communications and immediate reinstatement of internet and mobile services across the region
4. The International Community to pressure Pakistan to uphold its international human rights obligations and ensure protection of fundamental freedoms for all people in the territory it administers
The 2026 Regional Elections Context
Holding regional elections on July 27, 2026, while the territory's leading civil movement is outlawed, its leaders jailed, and communications blacked out, would be incompatible with Pakistan's international human rights obligations . The IHRF calls on authorities to facilitate peaceful assemblies ahead of the announced elections .
"Branding a civil society body as 'terrorist' on vague grounds, while simultaneously sealing the region from outside scrutiny, constitutes a disproportionate and unlawful violation of the right to freedom of association" .
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The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) is a non-governmental organization in special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights worldwide.