NEW YORK, Feb 05 : Speakers at a large gathering held in New York on Sunday to commemorate Kashmir Solidarity Day,
\nurged the United Nations to pressurize India into allowing the Kashmiri people to exercise their U.N.-pledged right of self-determination to pave the way for peace in the region. They also denounced the tough tactics employed by Indian security forces in attempts to crush the Kashmiri people\u2019s freedom struggle and called for an end to the killings, while reaffirming full support for their cause, at the meeting that took place at the Pakistan Consulate General.<\/p>\n
The speakers taking part in the solemn event included opinion leaders, scholars, students, journalists, prominent members of the Pakistani community, the Kashmiri diaspora, and human rights defenders. In his remarks, Consul General Aamer Ahmad Atozai highlighted the over-seven-decade-long sufferings of the Kashmiri people, who have been denied their fundamental rights. Atozai underscored the United Nations\u2019 commitment to hold a plebiscite to determine the wishes of the Kashmiri people, saying it is high time that Security Council resolutions were implemented. He also urged the participants to raise awareness about the plight of Kashmiri people under Indian occupation.
\nThe speakers included Carin Jodha Fischer, a German-American political activist; Dr. Sima Karetnaya, UN Global Peace Ambassador in the US; and Kashmiri leaders and activists: Sardar Sawar Khan, Dr. Asif Rehman, Zameer Ahmad, Taj Khan, and Saghir Khan. They expressed concern over India\u2019s highhandedness in Kashmir and called for international intervention to end the gross human rights violations in the disputed territory. The only way to lasting peace in South Asia was to allow the Kashmiri people to exercise their inalienable right to
\nself-determination, as pledged to them in the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, they said. The speakers also called for the immediate cognizance of the worsening human rights situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir and to listen to the voices of the oppressed Kashmiris, as well as to help them in their just and legitimate struggle for liberation from India\u2019s yoke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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