Geneva: Gilgit-Baltistan is a
part of Jammu and Kashmir. The area is of strategic
importance as it has borders with Afghanistan and China.
Since partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, and the
coming into being of Pakistan, democratic and political
freedom and human rights situation in Gilgit-Baltistan has
been very bad and the population has been suffering. This
was stated by Universal Periodic Review submitted to Belgian
Association for Solidarity with Jammu and Kashmir at the
second session of a conference in Brusseles recently. It
said rights organizations in Pakistan itself have been
raising voices against the inhuman treatment meted out to
the people of this region by the Pakistan administration.
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