Human rights abuses in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, have been issue, ranging from forced disappearances,[1][2] claimed torture[3] to political repression and electoral fraud[4] and suppression of freedom of speech.
[6] Adams cited a law where those who opposed Pakistan's position on Kashmir were not allowed to contest regional elections, as an example of "political repression".
[7] Pakistan's Information Minister Tariq Azim Khan rejected the contents of the report and said that Azad Kashmir was free of human rights violations.
We people are constantly harassed and victimised because we oppose the Pakistani occupation of our motherland.”[10] Other Kashmir National Party leaders, Abbas Butt, Dr Shabir Choudhry, Asim Mirza, Nawaz Majid, and others have strongly denounced this brutal killing and demanded those responsible must be held accountable for their actions.
In November, his wife told the BBC that he has held a number of hunger strikes in protest at being denied bail, had become extremely weak and is being tortured.
[14] According to Human Rights Watch, the Pakistani government represses democratic freedoms, muzzles the press and practices routine torture.