Human Rights Group Links Recent AJK Unrest to Governance Deficits and Grievances

‘Disproportionate use of force deepened polarisation in AJK’

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has attributed the recent unrest in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to longstanding political and socioeconomic grievances, institutional distrust and governance deficits, saying an increasingly confrontational state response, including the disproportionate use of force, further deepened polarisation and eroded public trust. The HRCP fact-finding report, Civic Spaces under Strain in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, (a copy available with Dawn), state...

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