'Totally untrue': UNHCR dismisses criticism of its Kashmir report | India News

NEW DELHI: United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) on Kashmir and refuted the 'numerous misrepresentation' by India and the media of its first-ever A human rights report on Kashmir.

On June 14, the Kashmir accuses security forces of human rights violations on both sides of the loC. The report was dismissed as "politically motivated" by several Indian agencies.

In a media brief, the UN body today said that the reaction of Indian authorities to the report has left "deeply disappointed".

The human rights body said that the report was dismissed as "fallacious, tendentious, and motivated" without even examining it.

The body also termed "untrue" the allegations that it was influenced by a Canada-based imam of Pakistan descent, named Zafar Bangash.

"This is totally untrue," it wrote.

Almost a month after the publication of the report, in a sensational revelation, in Pakistan Islamist, based in Canada, authored the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, was in constant touch with him while preparing the Human Rights report, TOI had reported.

In his defense, the body said that many 338 footnotes, from Lok Sabha to Chief of Army Staff were used to compile the report.

"The report was developed by remote monitoring after both India and Pakistan failed to grant unconditional access to the region," UNHCR official said.

The UN body also dismissed as "wild claims" the reports that had alleged the involvement of Pakistan-based intelligence agency, ISI, in the framing of the Indian portion of the report.

The human rights body said that it is "disturbed" by the attempts to "divert" the focus of the human rights violations on both sides of the Line of Control.

UNHCR was extensively slammed by political leaders for its "baseless" and "politically motivated" report.

"The report (on Kashmir) is prepared sitting somewhere else.The badessment made by the UNHCR is without basis.If they only see what is on the ground.Indian Army shows the maximum restraint," Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.

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