UNITED NATIONS UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad Al Hussein during his opening statement of the 38th session of the Human Rights Council said that he was deeply saddened by the assassination of Kashmiri journalist and activist Shujaat Bukhari.
While calling him a human rights defender, Hussein said, I am tremendously saddened by the assassination last week of Shujaat Bukhari, a courageous human rights defender actively working for peace, including through his participation in the Track Two diplomacy seeking to help both India and Pakistan put an end to the violence.
Bukhari was assassinated on June 14 by unidentified gunmen outside his office in Srinagar, a day before Eid and few minutes before Iftaar (breaking of Fast during Ramzan). Bukhari succumbed to his injuries and was declared brought dead at the hospital.
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