Islamabad: Pakistan has expressed serious concern over the latest findings of United Nations Special Procedures experts regarding India's illegal measures in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The report, issued on 24 November 2025, highlights the severe and systematic human rights violations faced by the Kashmiri people under Indian occupation.
The UN experts noted that India's actions have led to the arbitrary arrest and detention of nearly 2,800 individuals, including journalists, students, and human rights advocates. The continued use of draconian laws, such as the Public Safety Act (PSA) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), has facilitated indefinite and unjustifiable detentions.
The report also details torture, custodial deaths, incommunicado detention, denial of due legal process and family contact, punitive demolitions, forced evictions, recurring communication blackouts, and suppression of press freedom, including the blocking of 8,000 social media accounts. Rising hate speech, lynching, and harassment against Kashmiris and Muslim communities across India were also described as deeply troubling.
Pakistan said these findings reaffirm its longstanding concerns about state-sponsored persecution of Kashmiri Muslims and discrimination against minorities across India. Pakistan urged India to immediately halt its coercive measures and release all those arbitrarily detained in IIOJK.
Pakistan further called on India to take concrete steps to end persecution of all religious minorities, particularly Muslims and Christians, reverse demographic and legal changes, restore fundamental freedoms, and engage in meaningful dialogue.
Reiterating its commitment to a peaceful, just, and lasting resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people, Pakistan stated that it would continue to provide moral, political, and diplomatic support to the Kashmiri people in their struggle against foreign occupation.