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‘India is attempting to stop Kashmiri British citizens from exposing their war crimes’

London: World Kashmir Freedom Movement (WKFM), a London based organization has accused that the Indian government is attempting to stop Kashmiris living in London from lobbying for the cause of Kashmir and exposing ‘Indian war crimes’.

WKFM, lead by its President Muzzammil Ayyub Thakur, in a meeting with the members of the British political parties raised concerns over the comments made by Indian Minister of State, Home, Kiren Rijiju.

A statement from WKFM said that any consideration of India’s demands to ensure an end to free speech and crackdown on human rights defenders living in the UK as British citizens would set a dangerous precedent.

“If an MOU to ensure that anti-India activities are not allowed, as allegedly assured by the British Government on the behest of Kiren Rijiju, has been drafted to be signed by Modi on his visit to London in April, then we will ensure that a national scale protest to signify our outrage will be held at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. We will not bow down to Indian imperialism and the spineless attitude of this British government, and will make our 1.2 million Kashmiri voices heard to the international media and the Commonwealth Heads of State,” the statement quoted Thakur as saying.

It further added, “The United Nations Charter grants us the freedom of speech and we will continue to expose India and all her apparatuses in the most vociferous way. It is an embarrassment for the UK to be coerced by India to adopt actions that violate international laws because of impending Brexit negotiations and any attempt to silence activists will be challenged in the court of law.”

Thakur urged the members to put pressure on their colleagues, in particular to the leaders of their parties to formulate a Kashmir centric policy and adopt a resolution condemning continued Indian violence and their implementation of black draconian laws, further adding that the United Kingdom must take an active role in resolving the Kashmir dispute as historically they were party to the problem and have a moral obligation to intervene.

It was reminded that India have broken innumerable United Nations resolutions and violated multiple international laws and that the Indian apparatus have stifled any form of dissent in Kashmir who question, criticise and expose the Indian institutions that deny people their basic human rights and commit the worst forms of human rights violations.

In his concluding remarks, Thakur likened the atrocities committed in Kashmir by India to ‘genocide’, ‘war crimes’ and crimes against humanity, stating that condemning Indian imperialism is not enough, that India must be pressured with third party intervention, permit a fact-finding mission, resume trilateral talks, end human rights abuses, remove illegal laws, demilitarize, adhere to the United Nations resolutions and fulfill promises made for a plebiscite.

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