37th Session UNHRC: Intervention by Mr. Junaid Qureshi - Director EFSAS
14-03-2018, Geneva
Text and video of the Intervention made by Mr. Junaid Qureshi, Director European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), on General Debate Item 4 (Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention) during the 37th Session of the UNHRC in Geneva.
Video of Mr. Junaid Qureshi's Intervention on General Debate Item 4 during the 37th Session of the UNHRC
"Mr. President,
I would like to draw the Council’s attention to the fact that wailing mothers and crying fathers of Kashmir, have in emotional pleas, begged their boys to shun the path of violence. The recent surrender of a footballer-turned militant has inspired dozens of other young Kashmiri boys to return home as well.
After three decades of Pakistan’s proxy war and the planned murder of our composite culture, Kashmiri boys, coerced and brainwashed into believing Pakistan’s propaganda, are laying down arms and returning to their families.
We, the common Kashmiris, have rejected Pakistan’s merchandise of Terror and Jihad in Kashmir.
Yet, we worry, whether peace will ever return when Pakistan will blatantly continue exporting Terrorism?
A staggering 70%, of the 200 terrorists killed in the Kashmir Valley last year, were Pakistani Nationals. Jaish-e-Muhammed, Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba, all terrorist organizations operating in Kashmir, are headquartered in Pakistan and continue to receive military and financial support from Pakistan’s Army and its intelligence agencies.
The massacre of everything that my land used to be, has burdened the guardians of Human Rights in this building, with the liability to summon the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for an audit, and explain why its hands are stained with the blood of our children.
We Kashmiris want to live. Live, in peace. Without fear and violence.
Mr. President,
When will the UN intervene and stop Pakistan from turning Jammu & Kashmir, in the red?
Thank you".
