Washington DC, June 12 -- Founder of the Washington-based Institute for Gilgit-Baltistan Studies, Senge Sering, on Friday urged the Indian government to approach the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) by Pakistani forces amid recent clashes in the region, asserting that the Indian citizens in the region deserve protection.

Speaking on the deteriorating security situation in PoJK, Sering stated that Pakistan's authorities had unleashed a wave of repression in the region, targeting civilians and curbing their fundamental rights, while expressing solidarity with people in Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Rawalakot and Poonch, stating that women were being attacked and propert...