An eleven-member Kashmiri delegation hailing from both sides of Line of Control has left for Geneva to attend the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Led by senior APHC leader and Chairman Kashmir Institute of International Relations Altaf Hussain Wani, the delegation comprises of political leaders, academicians, civil society members and rights activists.

During its week-long stay in Geneva, the Kashmiri delegation, besides attending the UNHRC session, is scheduled to attend a host of important meetings with the UNHRC High Commissioner, Special Rapporteurs, diplomats and representatives of international NGOs.

The main objective of the visit is to bring to focus the ongoing human rights violations in Indian Illegally Occupied Kashmir, in particular the rising incidents of extrajudicial killings, mass destruction of properties, clampdown on dissent, attacks on right to education and religious rights and plight of Kashmiri prisoners.

Source: Radio Pakistan