Islamabad, July 7 (IANS) Amid escalating unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the number of protesters killed or reported missing following unprovoked firing by Pakistani security forces on peaceful demonstrators since June 9 has risen to 56, sources have revealed. The protesters, meanwhile, continue to cite shortages of food and medicines apart from arbitrary detentions, police excesses, and repeated raids on private homes. The Pakistani authorities have adopted a “hard-line approach”, im…
Latest British Kashmiris News & Updates
London, June 11 (IANS) Several British parliamentarians have strongly condemned the “excessive or unlawful” use of force against “peaceful protesters and civil society representatives” in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK).In a motion presented in the UK Parliament, the lawmakers expressed grave concern over reports of communications blackouts, lockdown measures, mass arrests, and raids in PoK.They also raised alarm over the “distress caused to British Kashmiris and others in the UK who have been u…