A meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Kashmir this week received a critical update on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir from the president of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Masood Khan, prompting charges that it was no more than “Pakistani propaganda”. Sadly, we have been prevented from forming a Jammu and Kashmir APPG as the Kashmir one already exists. The Labour Party and its MPs see the conflict from a human rights perspective and often highlight it. Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry told Indian journalists: “Our current position on Kashmir comes from a concern for human rights. We hear a kaleidoscope of stories, from the extremes to the less extreme; the human rights of Kashmiris continue to bubble up.

Source: Hindustan Times March 03, 2018 12:33 UTC