Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has urged members of UK Parliament and supporters of Kashmir cause across the globe to help break the silence of influential governments including the British government on the callous atrocities being committed against the oppressed people of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K).
“Our friends and well-wishers must activate governments whose uncanny silence in the face of damning evidence is responsible for the perpetuation of the suffering of the people of the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir,” President Masood said while addressing an international virtual conference on “Dual Lockdown in Kashmir and the Global Response” on Monday.
Organised by Tehreek-e-Kashmir (TeK) UK chief Raja Faheem Kayani, the conference was also addressed by MPs from the Conservative Party, Labour Party and the Scottish National Party, including Rebecca Long-Bailey, Mike Wood, Chris Stephens, Lilian Greenwood MP, Kate Green, Tracy Barbin, Muhammad Yasin, Sarah Owen, Hilary Benn, Khalid Mahmood, Rachel Hopkins, Afzal Khan, Paul Bristow, while written statements were given by Jack Dromey MP, Jim McMohan MP and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP.
Former Portuguese presidential candidate Polo Moris, Director Kuwait Bar Association, former Bahrain MP Jamal Bosan, member Kuwait Bar Association Dalal Al-Hajmi, spokesman of World Sikh Parliament Ranjit Singh, Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement Altaf Ahmed But, JKLF spokesman Mohammad Rafiq Dar, President Tehreek-e-Kashmir Scotland Hanif Raja, and others also spoke during the event.
Addressing as chief guest of the event, President Masood said that 10-month i.e. 300 days have elapsed since the Indian government besieged Jammu and Kashmir and another lockdown was enforced because of the novel coronavirus.
