Geneva, March 18 -- At the ongoing 61st UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, serious concerns were raised over the alleged crackdown on peaceful protests in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK).

During an oral intervention, Javad Ahmad Beigh, a Kashmiri activist, highlighted what he described as the suppression of democratic rights and excessive use of force by Pakistani authorities.

Beigh drew attention to the killing of Anzar Javed Bhatti, a mathematics teacher who was shot dead on October 1, 2025, in Muzaffarabad.

According to the statement, Bhatti, who was unarmed and participating in a peaceful civic protest, has since become a symbol of the risks faced by civilians exercising their right to lawful and democratic expre...