Washington: A US Congressional panel on human rights will hold a hearing this week on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir following India’s decision to revoke its special status.
India on August 5 decided to withdraw Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and bifurcate the state into two Union Territories.
Announcing the hearing, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission said, “Witnesses will examine the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the context of the region’s history and larger patterns of rights violations in India and Pakistan, and will offer recommendations for action by Congress.”
The Commission has invited Anurima Bhargava, Commissioner, US Commission on International Religious Freedom as witness in the first panel for the hearing on Wednesday, November 13.
The announcement of the hearing by the Lantos Committee comes on the heels of a hearing last month on Jammu and Kashmir.
—PTI

Press Trust of India