Islamabad: (Parliament Times) Participants of the Kashmir conference held in Burnley United Kingdom (UK) called up on the international community European Union and global human rights organisations to use their offices for stopping the rising human rights violations and use of pallet guns on children and women in Occupied Kashmir (IOK) . The conferencde”Case of Freedom for Kashmir” was organised by Tehreek- e- Kashmir (TeK) United Kingdom (UK). Members of European and UK Parliament expressed their deep concern about human rights violations in Kashmir , they reiterated their support for plebiscite in Kashmir and let Kashmiries decide their future,
Muhammad Ghalib ,Fahim Kayani, MEP Wajid Khan, MEP Julie Ward ,MEP Sajjad Karim, MP Stephenson ,MEP Julie Cooper, Vice Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement and APHC leader Altaf Ahmad Bhat, Azad Jammu and Kashmir Jammat-e-Islami leader Habib ur Rehman Afaqi addressed the conference.
This conference condemned the unrelenting incidents of harassment of political leaders and activists in IOK and termed it a serious infringement of UN conventions and international protocols on peaceful political activities and struggle.
The Conference appeals to the United Nations, European Union (EU), and all other global human rights organizations to use their good offices to persuade India to stop arresting the political workers and their sympathizers in IoK where so far more than ninety thousand peaceful Kashmiris have lost their lives since 1990s just for demanding the right of self-determination under the UN resolutions.
The Conference also appealed to the world community and global human rights organisations to use their good offices to ensure safety and security of political activists, women, school going children and opinion makers in IOK.
This conference through the resolution also condemned harassment of the families of political workers and other social and non-governmental organizations at the hands of Indian forces in a bid to pressure them to stop demanding the implementation of UN resolutions on Kashmir.
This Conference also deplores denial/withholding of travel documents of political leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Yaseen Malik and Muhammad Akbar Bhat and allow them to travel abroad from Kashmir valley to discuss the ways for the permanent settlement of India held Kashmir.
This Conference also demands an end to the censorship imposed on media by the Indian government and frequent shut downs of internet services to stop people from taking to social media to voice their feelings.
The conference also expressesed its heartfelt condolences with the family members of all those Kashmiri political leaders and activists who fell victim to the savagery of Indian troops over the past three decades while carrying out their political activities in
IOK.
Conference also extends its solidarity with the family members of political workers who either were martyred or sent to jail . The participants of the conference also said that sacrifices of the valiant Kashmiris will never go into vain who are working under tremendous pressures just for the Kashmir cause. They also appealed the world community and human rights organizations to take the notice of latest 18 months youngest pellet victim of Kashmir Hibba Nisar who was injured by the pellets fired by Indian troops on her face.
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