Amid a continuing tit-for-tat at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Ajit Kumar, India's permanent representative there, had yesterday evening iterated allegations of human rights violations in Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. But after Kumar spoke yesterday, a Pakistan delegate to the council countered him by referring to challenges India has faced in its Northeast and against Naxalites in its heartland. "There is a despicable human rights situation in Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Assam, and ethnic groups in India's north-east have been battling for rights since many decades in the face of terrible repression." Pakistan has also never cited the Naxalite crisis in central India as a blot on New Delhi at the UN. Earlier this week, foreign ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup had said India would continue to criticise Pakistan at the UN over human rights abuses in Balochistan, till the alleged excesses stop.

Source: The Telegraph September 17, 2016 20:48 UTC