Protest camp to be held on 5th August in Brussels

Brussels: A protest camp would be organized at Place de l’Albertine near Central Train Station in Brussels, the capital of Belgium (at 3 p.m.) on Saturday, 5th August 2023.

The event would be organized by Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) in connection day of 5th August 2019, when by removing the articles 370 and 35A of its constitution, the Indian government annulled special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

Since then, a number of Kashmiri leaders, political workers, human rights activists and journalist were arrested in the occupied territory and atrocities against the people of Kashmir were rapidly increased.

In a statement from Brussels, Chairman Kashmir Council EU Ali Raza Syed said, purpose of the protest camp is to highlight the brutalities against the people of Kashmir and other illegal acts committed by the Indian authorities in the occupied Kashmir.

He called for end of atrocities in the illegally occupied Kashmir especially violence against the Kashmiri women and children.

Chair of KC-EU asked the international community including UN and EU to play their role for ending atrocities in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and implementation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions giving the right to self-determination to the Kashmiri people. He also called for withdrawal of Indian occupation forces, an end to Indian state terrorism, end of genocidal repression, rape, gang-rape, torture, and degrading treatment of Kashmiri men, women, and children. Ali Raza Syed also called for unconditionally release of all detained Kashmiri political figures and human rights activities including Muhammad Yasin Malik, Shabbir Ahmad Shah and Khurram Pervaiz.

Chair of KC-EU asked the international community to play its role for a peaceful resolution of Kashmir and said, participation of the Kashmiri leadership in all round of the peace process on Kashmir should be ensured.