Kashmiris protest against Indian atrocities in UK

Demonstrators in Birmingham demand end to Indian occupation of the held territory

MUZAFFARABAD: The Tehreek-e-Kashmir (TeK) United Kingdom organised on Friday a protest outside the Indian consulate in Birmingham to condemn the rising human rights abuses in occupied Kashmir.

Besides TeK, other political and religious parties also joined the protest.

Protesters were carrying placards and banners inscribed with slogans "stop human rights violations in Indian occupied Kashmir".

The demonstrators demanded an end to Indian occupation of Kashmir, and a right to self-determination in accordance with the UN charter.

President TeK UK Fahim Kiyani, while addressing the protesters, said that the recent escalation of hate and violence against Kashmiris in the occupied valley was deplorable.



He said thousands of Kashmiri families were forced to leave their homes, businesses, and their vehicles were burnt in broad daylight.

Kashmiri students, he added, had been expelled from Indian universities, and some were even forced to sing Indian national anthem.

President TeK Europe Muhammad Ghalib demanded of the international community to take notice of the continued oppression in IOK.

Disgracing Kashmiri women publicly was a routine practice in the occupied valley, said rights activist Aasia Hussain.