Kashmiri activists raise concerns about hybrid warfare, radicalisation & drug trade at UNHRC
- In Reports
- 12:49 PM, Mar 23, 2023
- Myind Staff
The 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) witnessed Shuib Lone, a former lawmaker and activist, underscore the decline in violence in the region, largely due to the constitutional changes in 2019 and local government reforms; writes Sidhant Sibal for WION.
"The families of those impacted by cross border militancy have come out to share their experience" but warned that Kashmir faces new challenges from "hybrid war...the online radicalization of youth in Kashmir, with events from Afghanistan and used as a pretext to draw Kashmiri youth in the international conspiracy theories," said Lone.
Fake news about Kashmir being used to radicalise the youth of South Asian origin in the UK was also raised at the UNHRC session, wherein Lone highlighted, "attempts are being made to radicalise youth in Britain in the name of Kashmir".
According to the WION report, Bushra Mahajabeen, a terror attack survivor, spoke out about the exploitation of Kashmiris at the hands of militants.
She stated that the long silence from thousands of victims had come to an end, and more people would come out to speak against it.
Security threats brought about by cross-border drug trade in Jammu & Kashmir was also brought to the council's attention.
Terrorist networks are redirecting their investment into this trade and using false social media narratives to radicalise both Kashmiris and the South Asian diaspora, activist Tasleema Akhter pointed to human rights concerns in PoK.
Image courtesy: WION
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