Want UK government to intervene and ensure human rights in Kashmir

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Human rights abuses are not an internal or bilateral matter. They are the concern of the whole world.
The Indian Government continues to act with impunity, whilst the Kashmiri people continue suffer evermore abuses of their human rights.
The situation in Kashmir has been escalated exponentially.

The situation in Kashmir has been escalated exponentially into the complete suppression of the freedoms and civil liberties of its people. Despite this, Kashmir is receiving relatively no news coverage and political attention.
Authorities have maintained that the region has been largely calm since 5 August when Delhi scrapped Article 370, which had guaranteed the Muslim-majority territory its autonomy.
The region saw a heavy deployment of armed forces sent in ahead of the announcement

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

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Urge India to de-escalate conflict and respect the special status of Kashmir.

Table Kashmir issue before the UN Security Council as an urgent threat to peace.

Timeline

22 Aug 2019	Petition opened for signatures
2 Sep 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 2 Sep 2019

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