London, October 27, 2022 (PPI-OT): A conference was held in British Parliament on Kashmir Black Day, today, with lawmaker Afzal Khan in chair. Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK leader Fahim Kayani organised the conference. The conference witnessed an encouraging participation of the UK lawmakers, including Sarah Owen, Hopkins, Paul Bristow, Paul Blomfield, Kate Hollern, James Daly, Tahir Ali, Liam Byrne and Lord Qurban Hussain.
Youth leaders from various British universities and organizations, including from IIOJK, attended the conference and urged the UN to intervene and allow Kashmiris to use their vote in the plebiscite. Drawing attention of the UK government, the British lawmakers agreed that non-resolution of Kashmir dispute can trigger a nuclear war between India and Pakistan that will affect far beyond region.
The Kashmir issue is not a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan; it is a matter of right of self- determination of millions of Kashmiris. This right is not only denied by India but demanding this fundamental right granted by the UN has become crime in IIOJK. Visiting Pakistani journalist, Zafar Mahmood Malik, drew a bleak picture of how India has muzzled media in IIOJK. “Indian fascist policies have made life of journalists a living hell as they are being targeted for presenting the ground situation to international audiences,” he said.
Khawaja Muhammad Suleiman, Director Kashmir Information Cell TeK UK; Rehana Ali, Information Secretary, TeK UK; Anushae Khan and Zain Haji from City University, Human rights activist Naila Azmat, Saba Khan from City University London, Shareen Raja Human rights activists Gurcharan Singh from Dal Khalsa UK, TeK leadership Ch Ikram ul Haq ,Ch Zahid Iqbal, Daud Shah , Raja Abdul Qayoum, Shukat Malik, Haris Kayani and representatives from IIOJK spoke on the occasion, stressing on need to end Indian occupation.
Fahim Kayani, president of Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK, read London Resolution on Kashmir, demanding right to self-determination for Kashmiris in IIOJK. The resolution expressed solidarity with the Kashmiri people suffering unprecedented abuse of human rights and supported their struggle for a just cause which is right to self-determination as enshrined in various resolutions passed by the UN General Assembly and Security Council, from time to time.
“This conference brings to the attention of international community to act fast against settler colonialism under which more than three million Indians, mostly non-Muslims, are being settled in IIOJK to artificially change demography of the UN-designated disputed region which is blatant violation of Geneva Conventions,” the resolution said.
Lauding the role of Kashmiri journalists in IIOJK, the conference condemned India for choking space of media in IIOJK. Urging the British lawmakers to raise their forceful voice for bringing to an end all cycles of violence in the territory as the non-resolution of dispute means failure of international system i.e. the UN,” the resolution aid the British House of Commons should adopt a resolution on situation in IIOJK. Supporting demand that a fact-finding mission be sent to assess the situation in IIOJK, the resolution sought immediate release of all Kashmiri political prisoners while bodied of Kashmiri martyrs be returned to their families.
The resolution said a constructive dialogue between all parties of the dispute vis-a-vis Kashmiris, Indians and Pakistanis can be a welcome beginning for solving the seven-decade long dispute. “The UK being a friend of both countries should take an initiative for a tripartite/multilateral conference of the stakeholders in London,” it added.
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