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Kashmir: Human Rights

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 147047, tabled on 1 February 2021

Question

Afzal Khan
Labour
Manchester, Gorton
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussion he has had with human rights organisations on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Nigel Adams
Conservative
Selby and Ainsty
Commons

Answered on

4 February 2021

The UK continues to follow the situation in Kashmir closely. Officials at the British High Commission in New Delhi engage regularly with human rights organisations on the situation. We continue to be in regular contact with the governments of India and Pakistan, both through our diplomatic networks in New Delhi and Islamabad, and in London. Any allegation of human rights violations or abuse is deeply concerning and must be investigated thoroughly, promptly, and transparently.

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