Geneva Switzerland : Indian Kashmiri Muslim activist joins the illustrious list of Indian individuals and Indian organizations, who have made three or more “interventions” at UNHRC Geneva Switzerland !
Geneva [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI): Javed Ahmad Beigh, a young Kashmiri Muslim political activist from India’s Kashmir Valley makes three “interventions” against Pakistan in a single session of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), thereby joining the illustrious list of Indian individuals and Indian organizations, who have made three or more “interventions” in a single session at UNHRC, a intergovernmental body, which is part of the United Nations (UN) headquartered at Geneva, Switzerland that meets three times every year to protect and promote human rights around the world.
Mr. Javed Ahmad Beigh, who hails from Budgam district of India’s Kashmir Valley, which is part of the administrative region of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir of Republic of India made three “interventions”, a term used at UNHRC for making a short speech on issues relating to human rights violations in different parts of the world. He made these “interventions” at an ongoing 57th session of UNHRC at Geneva, Switzerland.
Mr. Beigh made his first “intervention” on 20th September, wherein he spoke about the miserable plight of the people of PoGB, a remote and little known part of what is often generally known as Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). This “intervention” itself was historic as it was the first time in the last seven decades that an Indian citizen had separately raised the issue of the plight of the people of PoGB.
Mr. Beigh made his second “intervention” on 25th September, wherein he spoke about the recent brutal oppression and subjugation of civilian protests by the state of Pakistan in PoJK, which is another part of PoK. The people of PoJK were peacefully protesting against uncontrolled inflation and inflated electricity bills. The state of Pakistan however used disproportionate force to brutally crush the civilian protests by sending its paramilitary force and police constabulary from Pakistan’s Punjab province.
Mr. Beigh made his third “intervention” on 26th September by speaking about the plight of ethnic. Pashtun Shia minority of Parachinar of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Pashtun Shias of Parachinar have been under constant and violent attacks from religious extremist forces for over a decade in which hundreds of innocent Shias have lost their lives.
On the side event of the 57th session of UNHRC, Mr. Beigh was also invited to the prestigious Geneva Press Club to deliver his speech on the plight of religious minorities of Pakistan, especially Hindus, Sikhs and Christians followed by a question answer session. Mr. Beigh delivered an emotionally charged powerful speech at the club in front of an august gathering including prominent delegates from different nations. The Side Event was titled: “Diaspora and Minority Rights , Opportunities arising from Challenges”. Furthermore, Mr Beigh also attended an exhibition on “J&K victims of Pakistan sponsored Terrorism” at the historic Broken Chair in Geneva, Switzerland, where he met a galaxy of activists and media personalities from across the globe and made them aware about the role that Pakistan is playing in J&K in sponsoring terrorism and religious radicalism as well as killing innocent Kashmiris for last 3 decades.
