While even some major powers have shied away from pressing India to accept the healing touch of dialogue and mediation, the Commission on Human Rights cannot divest itself of the responsibility to respond to the gross and consistent violations of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir. If, despite all the evidence, the members of this Commission continue to remain silent about the suffering of the Kashmiri people, will it not justify the perception of those who believe that international intervention is selective and biased, that where repression and genocide is visited on Muslim peoples, human rights bodies remain silent, if not indifferent. It is the hope of the Kashmiris that the Commission will respond to their plight by taking urgent action to protect and promote their human rights. Mr. Chairman, India must learn from its own history and the history of other nations. The will to be free cannot be broken.
Walls invariably fall.
Freedom invariably prevails. Neither age nor time can diminish, let alone extinguish, the thirst for freedom. I thank you, Mr. Chairman. Back to the Home Page.