On June 14, the Office of the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights released a first of its kind report documenting alleged human rights violations in Kashmir. While detailing significant abuses in Indian-held Kashmir — from sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture and enforced disappearances to name a few — the UN report has also brought both

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While addressing the issue, he also demanded the recognition of 1984 Sikh massacre as genocide. Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has voiced concerns over human rights violations in India. He has requested Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to address the issue of safety for 47 Sikh detainees held in custody in Punjab.

In September 2017, the UN described a security operation in Myanmar that targeted Rohingya Muslims as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing.” When violence erupted in Rakhine state in August 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled crimes against humanity to neighboring Bangladesh. Amnesty said the country’s army committed “extensive violations” of international humanitarian law and authorities were continuing to restrict