British parliament debates Held Kashmir

ISLAMABAD (APP) - In a significant development, the first of its nature, a general debate was held on Kashmir in the House of Commons, in London, on Thursday. The debate was initiated by a conservative MP, Steve Baker, who demanded that an International Commission should investigate the human rights violations in Jammu & Kashmir, KMS reported. Referring to an Amnesty International report MP Baker said, each year hundreds of people are held under the black law, Public Safety Act without charge or trial with many exposed to higher risk of torture and other forms of ill-treatment. tabling the motion, Mr Baker said, we should be strong advocates for the rights of Kashmiris. A Labour MP, Shabana Mahmood maintained that the Kashmir dispute had turned into one of the most dangerous conflicts in the world, which needed urgent attention. She said that the suppression of an uprising in Indian Occupied Kashmir had led to grave human rights violations.Several MPs including lan Austin, Jonathan Lord and Andrew Griffiths said that the right to self-determination was the only way to resolve the dispute.

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