HUMAN RIGHTS IN KASHMIR

Early day motion 376, tabled 21 July 2016 by Khalid Mahmood (Labour). Signed by 13 members.

That this House condemns recent attacks on civilian protestors in Kashmir, many of whom are children, from Indian armed forces with the use of pellet guns in particular causing many injuries; urges the Government to remind the Indian government of its human rights obligations and ask it to withdraw the Indian Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1990, to bring it in line with the responsibility of the Geneva Convention which applies to 500,000 troops in occupied Kashmir; and calls on the UN to intervene in order to assess the situation and act as observers and peacekeepers and to apply sanctions on trade, defence and arms if the above minimum conditions are not met.

Signatures by party: Labour 8, Scottish National Party 2, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Independent 1.