Kashmiris to held protests in UK against atrocities in Kashmir Valley

Delegations of British Kashmiri diaspora organisations from across Britain are gathering outside the Birmingham consulate of India to echo the slogans raised for many weeks in Srinagar, the capital of the Indian occupied part of divided Kashmir state. Go Go India Go Back Leave our Kashmir is the most popular demand made in continues protests organised by the Kashmiri youth across the valley of Kashmir where at least a dozen young people are killed by the Indian troops to suppress the resistance movement that was erupted in late 1980s and after years of militant clashes with the Indian soldiers has recently turned into relatively peaceful mass demonstrations against the rights violations by the Indian army men.

Since the Kashmiri diaspora in Britain is predominately made up of the Kashmiris from Pakistan I occupied Kashmir, the slogans will also likely to include Go Go Paksitan Go back Leave our Kashmir. The Protest is organised by the British based Kashmir National Independence Alliance (KNIA), an umbrella body of pro independence Kashmiri organisations in UK.

Condemning the killings of unarmed youth in the Indian occupied Kashmir Valley, Mr Mehmood Kashmiri, the chairperson of KNIA said “we understand that there is a large British population of Indian and Pakistani origin and occupation of Kashmir by the armies of two South Asian nuclear powers remains a major impediment in bringing the British South Asian communities closer. However, we would make it clear for our fellow British citizens of Indian origin that British Kashmiris’ protest in Birmingham is not against India as a country or the Indian citizens anywhere in the world but against the illegal occupation and killings by the Indian forces in Kashmir. At the same time we are not against Pakistan or Pakistanis but the occupation and suppression by the Pakistani forces in Kashmir. We would welcome to work with the British Indians and British Pakistanis to end occupation in Kashmir and for peace, progress and democracy in the whole of South Asia.”

Mr Nadeem Aslam, the secretary general of the Alliance speaking on this occasion claimed that root cause of all violence in Kashmir is the occupation of India and Pakistan. Not only that this occupation of Kashmir and arm race between India and Pakistan means that millions of Indians and Pakistanis are forced to live below the poverty line. India and Pakistan should end their occupation of Kashmir and let Kashmir be an independent country friends with both neighbours and sharing resources and opportunities for peace and development.”

The Birmingham organiser and secretary of Association British Kashmiris Mr Safdar Mir said that there are serious concerns amongst British Kashmiris about the ongoing occupation and division of and killings in Kashmir. Right now it is the generation of Kashmiri youth who born and grown up under the guns of Indian forces and militants and is trying to carry on liberation struggle through peaceful and democratic means but the Indian forces are using brutal means to crush the youth mostly in their teens and early twenties.”

The protest will begin at 2:30 on Friday 23rd July and is expected to joined by over a hundred delegates and activists from across Britain. If situation is not improved in Kashmir it is higly likely that more such protests will be organised outside of Indian Embassy in London and in downing street for asking British government to play their role and stopping the killings and playing their role in resolution of this Issue that is seen by majority of Kashmiris as a legacy of British colonial rule.

KNIA Britain has organised a protest in front of Indian consulate Birmingham UK

On Friday 23 July 2010,Time 2:30pm Birmingham UK


Kashmir National Independence Alliance Britain has organised
a protest in front of Indian Consulate Birmingham UK.



The Kashmir National Independence Alliance has organised this protest
and invited all British Kashmiris and other communities including the Indians,
Pakistanis and wider British population to oppose and expose the blatant
violations of human rights of Kashmiris in the Valley killing scores of children
and young people as well as imposing ... See more curfews and banning the Press
and Media activities.

Although the protest is organised by KNIA please do not see it as the protest of
KNIA. It is protest of all those British people who see any form of suppression,
oppression and violations of human rights as wrong and to be challenged.

So come along all especially British Kashmiris from all parties and ideologies
and towns and cities. If we manage to protest together against what we oppose
then other communities will also join us. BUT first we have to show that we

oppose occupation and brutalities in the Indian occupied Kashmir by the Indian
Occupation forces.
And we oppose the occupation and injustices by the Pakistani occupation forces
in the Pakistani Occupied Kashmir as well.

Please Bring Play cards saying Go Go India Go Back Leave Our Kashmir.
Go GO Pakistan Go Back Leave Our Kashmir; Stop Killings in the Valley
Kashmiri Children are not terrorists; End Indian state terrorism in Kashmir
Valley. And any other you can thinks of.

For further information please contact,

Mehmood Kashmiri,Chairman KNIA- Nadeem Aslam Gen.Secretary KNIA

Mob.07882213876 Mob.07792494131
E-mail mahmoodkashmiri@hotmail.co.uk E-mail - nadeemjknia@aol.com