TeK, KIIR workers protest outside UNHRC office in Geneva
The protesters were chanting slogans “one slogan one track go India go back”,” stop human rights violations in Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and "we want freedom”. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Hundreds of workers of Tehreek-e-Kashmir (TeK) Europe and Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR) took to the streets and staged an anti-India protest outside the headquarters of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on Wednesday.
The protesters were chanting slogans “one slogan one track go India go back”,” stop human rights violations in Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and "we want freedom”.
On the occasion, President TeK United Kingdom Raja Fahim Kayani said that Indian army had been committing crimes against humanity in IIOJK and there is no any political activist safe following the cold-blooded murder of human rights defender and prominent Kashmiri lawyer Babar Qadri who was assassinated by Indian secret agency at his home in broad daylight.
"People of IIOJK must be given right of self-determination without any further delay for the implementation of United Nations resolutions which are the foundation and milestone to guide for the durable solution of IIOJK," Kayani added.
President TeK Europe and Italy Mahmood Sharif said that the world must come forward with a permanent solution on Kashmir to make South Asia tension and war free.
President TeK Switzerland Ejaz Ahmed Tahir said Kashmiris want to decide about their political future by themselves.
President TeK UK South Zone Zahid Iqbal asserted that Kashmiris had g sacrificed for the noble cause of freedom since long. India has to give the right of vote to the people of IIOJK, he added.
Iqbal further said that people of IIOJK were not alone in their struggle and we assure them that our hearts beat with them from Europe to UK and freedom is right of Kashmiri people which can't be denied.
"World is witnessing Covid-19 lockdown but people in IIOJK have been witnessing double lockdown since August 5, 2019 which is an injustice and worst kind of basic human rights violation that can be stopped by UN,” Iqbal said,
He further said that people of IIOJK only want freedom from the illegal rule of India and the day would come when its people would live independently without any fear.