ISLAMABAD: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the continued and alarming use of violence by the Indian security forces in the Indian occupied Kashmir against the innocent civilians, says a press release issued here on Monday.

The OIC Secretary General, Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, expressed his sorrow over the recent incidents resulting in the death and injury of several Kashmiris. He condemned the continued use of force by the Indian security forces and called upon India to immediately stop these excessive acts of systematic human rights violations of the Kashmiri people.

The Secretary General noted that the Kashmiris remain victims of the denial of their inalienable rights to self-determination and have been suffering from the non-implementation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council. Dr. Othaimeen reiterated the OIC’s principled position in supporting of the Kashmiris for their just struggle for their right of self-determination.—PR