Kashmiris Celebrated Indian Independence Day as a black day | Birmingham
Birmingham: 15th August Indian Independence Day was celebrated as a black day by British Kashmiris, Pakistanis and people sympathetic to humanity. On this occasion, Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK, British Trade Union Council (TUC), Stop the War Coalition and other organizations Strongly condemned human rights violations and black law enforcement in India Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The international community was called upon to use it’s influence to stop the negative actions of the Indian government and the oppression of Kashmiris. The protesters also chanted slogans against Narendra Modi, the Indian Armed Forces and in favour of complete independence of Kashmir. On this occasion, it was also demanded from the international community that in the light of the UN resolutions, the right of Kashmiris to self-determination should be given to them as soon as possible and the laws of oppression in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir should be stopped. In attendance were Fahim Kayani President Tehreek e Kashmir UK, Mohammed Ghalib President Tehreek e Kashmir Europe, Khawaja Mohammed Suleman Founding Member Tehreek e Kashmir UK, Carol Turner Member NEC StWC, Tahir Ali MP, Ian Scott President TUC Birmingham, Jo Shammas Vice Chair Stop the War Collation Birmingham, Phillip Bennion Former Member European Parliament, Mufti Fazal Ahmed Qadri, Maulana Mohammed Sajjad, Muzammil Ayub Thakur, Shaista Safi, Hafiz Mohammed Nisar, Raja Javed Iqbal, Councillor Mohammed Aikhlaq, Councillor Majid Mahmood, Councillor Zahor Malik, Councillor Waseem Zaffar, Councilor Mohammed Idrees, Yousaf Farooq, Naila Azmat, Sardar Aftab Khan, Haji Munair Raza Foundin Member Tehreek e Kashmir UK, Mufti Abdul Majid Nadeem, Yahya Akhtar, Saadia Hamid, Maulana Altaf Hussain, Javed Abbasi, Abdul Qadir Abbasi, Abdul Ghafor Kharrak, Raja Mubbarik Khan, Raja Asghar Khan, Ch Allah Ditta, Bilqees Raja, Raja Shahriyar, Qamar Abbas and others. Report by Naila Azmat and S M Irfan Tahir Photojournalist / Member National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Great Britain.
