BRUSSELS: (PR) Chairman Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) has paid rich tribute to great Kashmiri martyrs Afzal Guru and Maqbool Butt for their unmatchable struggle for liberation of the beloved homeland of Jammu and Kashmir.
KC-EU’s Chairman Ali Raza Syed issued a statement on occasion martyrdom’s anniversaries of both of the prominent Kashmiri freedom figures.
Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and across the world observe the martyrdom anniversaries of noted Kashmiri figure Muhammad Afzal Guru on 9th February every year. He was hanged and buried at the New Delhi’s Tehar prison by the Indian Authorities on Feb 9, 2013. The prominent Kashmiri liberation leader, Muhammad Maqbool Butt was also hanged and buried in Tihar Jail on the 11th February in 1984 for his leading role in the Kashmir’s liberation struggle.
Mr Ali Raza Syed asked Indian government to hand over of the remains of Afzal Guru and Maqbool But to their families in Kashmir for a proper funeral and decent burial in Kashmir. Paying rich tribute to Guru and Butt, he said, the two great martyrs are lights for struggle of the people of Kashmir for their right to self-determination.
He said, Indian acted inhumanely by holding bodies of the martyrs at jail premises for a long time. No human being and no one of the civilised societies in the world accept such ruthless behaviour as India is doing with the Kashmiris.
Chiar of KC-EU said, it is proved now that Afzal Guru was hanged in a fake allegation and Maqbool Butt was also targeted because of his struggle freedom of Jammu and Kashmir.
Ali Raza Syed also warned that by killing people and committing crimes against the humanity in the occupied Kashmir and constant siege of the Kashmir valley, the India cannot stop the peaceful movement of the Kashmiris. The people of Kashmir are struggling for the rights of self-determination accepted under UN Security Council’s resolutions and as per a promise committed by the Indian Authorities.
He also denounced Indian atrocities against the people of Kashmir including extra judicial killings and detention of a number of leaders and persistent blockade in the held valley. The statement demanded the world community to stop atrocities against the innocent a peaceful people and play a role for a peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue.