BRUSSELS: Two demonstrations were held outside the Indian Embassy in Brussels, Belgium, today (Thursday) in connection with August 5, 2019 — the day the Indian government annulled the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and imposed a lockdown.
The first demonstration was organised by the Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU). Chairman of the International Forum for Justice Human Rights JK (IFJHRJK), Muhammad Ahsan Untoo, also addressed the protest in Brussels via a telephonic link from occupied Kashmir.
He updated the gathering about the latest situation in occupied Kashmir. “The people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir have a lot of expectations from the international community, especially ones residing in European Union countries,” Untoo said.
He further said that the European Union should use its good offices for the prevention of human rights violations in occupied Kashmir and play its role in a just resolution of the Kashmir issue.
The protesters in Brussels, led by Chairman Kashmir Council EU Ali Raza Syed, also called for an end to the atrocities in the occupied Kashmir, especially violence against Kashmiri women and children.
Chairman KC-EU Ali Raza Syed, the organiser of the protest, said the atrocities committed by the Indian forces against the oppressed Kashmiris is going unabated. Citing a recent report of the United Nation, he said that a large number of children were targeted by the Indian forces in occupied Kashmir in recent years.
The second protest was held by the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Europe in front of the Indian Embassy where protesters could be seen chanting slogans against the Indian occupation of Kashmir.
Protesters also demand the release of JKLF leader Yaseen Malick, who has been imprisoned in an Indian jail. A number of women and children also participated in the JKLF demonstrations.
