Emphasising the necessity for mass consciousness concerning the best to self-determination, lawmakers, activists, professionals, and college students on Wednesday reminded the British authorities of its duty on Kashmir.
Throughout a roundtable hosted by Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK President Fahim Kayani within the British parliament to commemorate 76 years of unlawful occupation of Kashmir by India, the individuals mentioned the extremely militarised state of affairs within the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Chaired by Shadow Minister Jess Phillips, the roundtable in “unequivocal phrases prolonged its help to only reason behind Kashmiris which is true to self-determination” as enshrined in varied resolutions handed by the UN Normal Meeting and Safety Council.
Notable individuals on the roundtable included Debbie Abraham MP, Chair of APPG for Kashmir; Andrew Gwynne MP, Chair of Labour Mates of Kashmir; Kim Leadbeater MP; Yasmin Qureshi MP; Paul Blomfield MP; Muhammad Yasin MP; Rachel Hopkins MP; Lord Wajid Khan, and Simon Lightwood MP.
Muzzammil Ayyub Thakur and Shaista Safi offered testimonies of battle crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity perpetrated by India in IIOJK. The duo are natives of IIOJK, at the moment dwelling in exile.
India despatched its forces to occupy Jammu and Kashmir on October 27, 1947, which sparked a mass mobilisation in opposition to New Delhi’s unlawful navy rule.
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The roundtable decried the grave human rights state of affairs in IIOJK, particularly after August 2019 when India re-annexed the UN-designated disputed territory and “is engaged in occupying military-backed settler colonialism.”
“It’s incumbent upon the British lawmakers to press their authorities to face up and cease the annihilation of Kashmiri life,” the individuals agreed, regretting prison silence by the worldwide group.
Members voiced their frustration over the suppression of native media in IIOJK, which has confronted extreme restrictions imposed by the Indian navy regime.
Proposals made by Kayani on the event included urging the British authorities to “persuade the United Nations to prevail upon India to repeal all draconian legal guidelines, together with Illegal Exercise Prevention Act (UAPA), Public Security Act (PSA) that are getting used to forcibly silence the individuals into submission.”
The roundtable additionally referred to as for the discharge of political prisoners, together with Masarat Alam Bhat, Mohammad Yasin Malik, Shabir Ahmed Shah, Syedah Aasiya Andrabi, Fehmeeda Sofi, Nahida Nasreen, Khurram Parvez, Ayaz Akbar, Peer Saifullah, Nayeem Khan, Zafar Akbar Bhat, and others. It urged the British authorities to help the institution of an inquiry fee on human rights violations in Kashmir through the forthcoming session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in February 2024.
A number of different audio system on the occasion, together with Mushtaq Lashari, Councillor Majid Hussain, Naila Azmat, and Councillor M Nazir, additionally expressed their solidarity with the individuals of IIOJK.