Reacting to reports that security forces used lethal force against protesters in Rawalakot, Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir, on the first day of the regional election, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Acting Regional Director for South Asia, said: “The disturbing reports emerging from Rawalakot are consistent with the Pakistani authorities’ long history of unlawful violence against protesters in Jammu and Kashmir. A prompt, independent, and transparent investigation must be ordered into the security forces’ use of force against protesters. So long as an internet and mobile […]

First of three rounds of voting held after weeks of protests during which dozens of people were killed.

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Violence has escalated in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with clashes reported between protesters and authorities. Activists are protesting against alleged rigged elections and undue…