Following reports of multiple confirmed Covid-19 cases and at least two deaths from the virus in occupied Kashmir, Pakistan has called upon the international community to demand that the Indian government lifts the lockdown — which has been in place since August 2019 — from the Valley.
"While the world is fighting the worst global health emergency, over 900,000 Indian military and para-military occupation troops continue adding to the suffering of innocent Kashmiris," a press release by the Foreign Office read.
"The international community, cognisant of the worst human rights violations and the atrocities being perpetrated by India in IoJ&K (Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir), must urgently demand from India the lifting of communication restrictions and allowing unfettered access to medical and other essential supplies."
