India criticized Pakistan at the UN General Assembly for refusing to receive the bodies of its own soldiers who were killed in the Kargil war.
Earlier, during the debate at the UN General Assembly on the special interim report on religion and belief, UN Special Rapporteur Nazila Ghanea said, “India has refused to hand over the bodies of those shot dead during security forces’ search operations in Jammu and Kashmir to their families, and has denied them funeral rights. In particular, such incidents have taken place targeting Muslims,” she alleged.
Condemning this, the First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, Pavika Mangalanandan, said: It is amusing that Pakistan, which refused to receive the bodies of its own soldiers who were killed during the 1999 Kargil war, is now lecturing others on religious freedom, rituals, and faith.
Pakistan did not acknowledge that its soldiers were killed in the war. In this context, I would like to remind you that India conducted the last rites for the bodies of some Pakistani soldiers with military honors and according to Islamic customs.
The rights of a terrorist should not be justified:
Pakistan, which wants to know what is happening in Jammu and Kashmir, an integral part of India, should first look at the acts of violence taking place in the Kashmir region it has illegally occupied. The population of minorities living in Pakistan is steadily declining. Their rights have been taken away there.
When it cannot protect the minorities living in its own country, it should not try to lecture India.
We must stop talking about the funeral rights of a terrorist who disrupts the nation’s peace of mind and kills innocent people. Considering the legal limits, the government can impose a ban on the terrorist’s funeral.
What is the purpose of this report saying that all kinds of discrimination are happening only in countries of the Global South after the coronavirus pandemic? Are no mistakes happening in developed countries? he asked.
Report on migrants - India rejects:
India’s Deputy Foreign Secretary Barkha Tamrakar rejected the allegation that the human rights of migrants in India had been violated.
Speaking on behalf of India in the UN General Assembly during the debate on the report submitted in this regard, he said: It is unacceptable to make baseless allegations against India without mentioning the name of any state. If it is believed that there are citizenship-related issues in Assam, the relevant legal information should have been submitted. We register India’s condemnation of the presentation of general criticism against a country with incomplete information in a report on human rights, he said.