Washington, March 03, 2022 (PPI-OT):A senior US diplomat has admitted that there are challenges to the human rights situation in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu said this while briefing members of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism during a hearing on India-US relationship on Wednesday.

Although Donald Lu ignored anti-human and brutal measures taken by the Modi-led fascist Indian regime in the occupied yet he said, “We have not seen the holding of Legislative Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. We have not seen free movement of journalists. We have seen the detention in fact of some prominent journalists in the Kashmir Valley”.

He also asserted that the Joe Biden administration is keeping a close eye on the security situation in the region. The US diplomat noted that the US believes all Kashmiris deserve the right to live in dignity and enjoy protections looks forward to continuing to encourage India to fulfil those commitments.

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