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Speakers of a conference organized on the Kashmir issue in the European Parliament have urged the international community, especially the European Union, to play an effective role in ending human rights violations in the Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The conference was organized by the Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) during its ongoing activities in connection with the Kashmir EU Week at the European Headquarters in Brussels.
The events of Kashmir EU Week in Brussels, which include a photo exhibition on Kashmir, an international conference, a press conference and several meetings with key European representatives and personalities on the Kashmir issue, began with the opening of the photo exhibition on Kashmir on Monday.
International affairs experts, intellectuals, scholars, students and media personalities participated in the conference held at the European Parliament on Wednesday.
European intellectual and writer Endre Barcs admitted that the way Europe has supported the people of Ukraine after the Russian invasion, the European authorities have not treated the people of Indian illegally occupied Kashmir. He said that the as the European officials are speaking about the Ukrainian issue, they should also speak for the rights of Kashmiris.
Another European intellectual and journalist Mikulas Krivansky described the struggle of Kashmiris as admirable and he especially praised the ongoing efforts of the Kashmir Council EU in Europe to highlight the Kashmir issue including human rights of Kashmiris.
Other speakers included Ali Raza Syed, the Chair of KC-EU, Chaudhry Khalid Mehmood Joshi, President of World Kashmir Diaspora Alliance Europe and Rao Mustajab, a Pakistani intellectual based in Belgium.
The speakers of the conference expressed deep concern over the ongoing Indian atrocities in the Indian illegally Occupied Kashmir and demanded to end these atrocities and give Kashmiris their right to self-determination.
They said that for a fair solution to the Kashmir issue, it is necessary to stop atrocities in Occupied Kashmir, release all political prisoners, end India’s state terrorism and take steps to withdraw Indian forces from Occupied Kashmir.
On this occasion, Chairman Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) Ali Raza Syed said that this conference is a part of ongoing Kashmir EU Week under the auspices of Kashmir Council EU, which aims to highlight the issue of Kashmir more and more in Europe.
He asked the international community special European Union to put pressure on India to immediately end crimes of Indian security forces against people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir and grant them right to self-determination according the UN’s resolutions on Kashmir.
He said, since 1947, people of occupied Kashmir are facing endless hardships as their miseries are being increased day by day. It is duty of international community including Europe Union to take immediate steps in order to end the atrocities against the people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
So that situation of that disputed land should be normalized and people of Jammu and Kashmir should be provided a peaceful atmosphere where they can use their right to self-determination in accordance with their wishes and according to United Nations resolutions.
