Pahalgam attack grim reminder of how terrorism continues to stain humanity: NHRC

The barbaric Pahalgam attack stands as yet another grim reminder of how terrorism continues to "stain humanity", says the NHRC while stating that it registered 58,753 rights cases across the country from last April to March this year.

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In the latest edition of its newsletter -- 'Human Rights' the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has also expressed deepest condolences to the families who suffered the “irreparable loss of their loved ones" in the April 22 attack, in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were martyred.

In the May edition of the newsletter, NHRC's Secretary General Bharat Lal recalls in the opening piece the dastardly terror attack that left the nation benumbed and has drawn condemnation from multiple countries and various heads of state.

"On 22 April, 2025, the world was left reeling after a heinous terrorist attack in the Pahalgam region of Jammu & Kashmir, where 26 innocent tourists were brutally martyred after being identified by their faith," Lal says in the newsletter: "This barbaric act stands (as) yet another grim reminder of how terrorism continues to stain humanity. Our deepest condolences go out to the families who have suffered the irreparable loss of their loved ones," the piece reads.