The Jammu and Kashmir dispute is one of the oldest unresolved issues of the world. The people of Kashmir have suffered all types of atrocities, but their resolve could not be broken. India’s illegal occupation of Kashmir is a dark chapter in the history of human rights; it was in total disregard to the Independence Act and Partition Plan of 1947, which stated the formation of two independent states — India, with Hindu-majority areas, and Pakistan, with Muslim-majority areas. Unfortunately, the fate of Kashmir was left to the whims of the Hindu Maharajah Hari Singh, who went against the will of the Muslim majority and announced his decision to join India.
A continued denial of the right to self-determination is unacceptable, economically unsustainable and politically inadmissible. Peace in the region is linked to a just settlement of the Kashmir dispute.
A continued denial of the right to self-determination is unacceptable, economically unsustainable and politically inadmissible. Peace in the region is linked to a just settlement of the Kashmir dispute.