IIOJK Remains Cut Off As World Humanitarian Day Being Observed Globally Today
ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 19th Aug, 2026) Political experts and analysts in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have stated that India is employing draconian laws and military tactics to suppress the legitimate political aspirations of the Kashmiri people for a UN-recognized plebiscite and freedom from Indian occupation.
According to Kashmir Media Service, these experts and analysts, through interviews and statements in Srinagar, emphasized that on this World Humanitarian Day (August 19), IIOJK (Azad Kashmir) remained largely inaccessible to international humanitarian organizations. The Indian government, under the BJP, has significantly restricted independent international human rights organizations, foreign journalists, and United Nations human rights investigators from conducting unobstructed visits to occupied Jammu and Kashmir, particularly post the revocation of Article 370 in August 2019. Independent bodies, foreign delegations, and United Nations special rapporteurs have repeatedly had their requests for on-the-ground access denied, while local civil society groups, human rights defenders, and journalists in the disputed region have faced heightened state scrutiny and legal constraints.
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