The Indian government on Friday said that Pakistan must be held accountable for its “horrific human rights violations” against the protesters in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.

At least nine persons, including three police officers, have been killed in clashes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in the past few days, The Indian Express reported. The protesters are demanding basic rights and an end to what has been described as systemic oppression, The Hindu reported.

During the weekly press briefing, India’s Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that New Delhi had seen reports of the protests in several areas of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, including “brutalities by Pakistani forces on innocent civilians”.

Jaiswal added: “We believe that it is a natural consequence

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