Protests held in UK against Indian abuses in held Kashmir
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April 18, 2021
LONDON: Protests against Indian atrocities in occupied Jammu and Kashmir were held on Friday in Birmingham, Luton, Oldham, Derby, Nelson, Bradford, Dewsbury and various other cities on the call of Tehreek-e-Kashmir (TeK) UK.
British Kashmiris gathered outside various mosques across the UK after Friday prayer to show solidarity with the oppressed people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir, according to a TeK press release issued here on Saturday. TeK UK President Fahim Kayani led a protest outside the Indian consulate Birmingham where various political leaders, human rights activists and community leaders chanted pro-freedom slogans. They also called for the withdrawal of Indian troops to end the atrocities being committed in the occupied territory.
Kashmiri sufferings must end, says UK MP at webinar
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December 13, 2020
LONDON: Current and former British and European Union lawmakers have called on the world to honour and respect the human rights of the Kashmiri people and settle the Kashmir dispute as per the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
“Kashmiri sufferings must come to an end,” said Conservative MP Steve Baker at a webinar in connection with International Human Rights Day organised by the Tehreek-e-Kashmir United Kingdom (TeK UK).
Baker analysed the complex geopolitical situation in the region and said the world must settle the Jammu and Kashmir dispute as per the wishes of Kashmiris. Labour’s Afzal Khan MP said more delay in the settlement of Indian-occupied Kashmir will heighten tension in the region and emphasised that a recent EU Disinfo report has exposed a network of fake NGOs acting as Indian propaganda tools. “People of Kashmir must be given their right of self-determination granted by the Unit