Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD/MIRPUR: Belgium-based Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) Monday announced to hold a protest camp on Indian Republic Day, falling on 26 January, to mark the day as the Black Day in front of the EU External Action Service (EU foreign ministry) in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, KC, EU officially has announced.
KC EU Chairman Ali Raza Syed said that “It is pertinent to mention the Kashmiris, who are suffering from Indian atrocities for the previous seven decades, observe the Indian Republic Day falling on 26 January as the black day every year. A peaceful protest camp in Brussels could be started on Thursday, 26 January 23, 2023”.
Black day
Chairman KC-EU Ali Raza Syed said India claims to be the largest democracy in the world, but it refuses the democratic rights of the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir as atrocities against the citizens are continued. He said that peace in Kashmir is connected to the region. If Kashmir is the witness of peace, the whole region could be a witness to prosperity and peace.
Chairman Kashmir Council EU Ali Raza Syed also said that the Kashmiri nation is not ready to compromise on their right to self-determination.
He said that on the Indian republic day, we simply want to convey the message to the Indian government that there is no point in glorifying democracy if citizens are living in misery under the might of the gun.
KC-EU’s Chairman Ali Raza Syed demanded India give the right of self-determination to the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir. He has emphasized India could end brutalities against the Kashmiris and fulfill its promise for the right of self-determination to the people of Kashmir.
He called on the international community to intervene to stop human rights violations in occupied Kashmir and play its role in a just resolution of the Kashmir problem.
He said that India is the so-called “biggest” democracy in the world, but in reality, it’s not a democracy because New Delhi is ruthlessly suppressing the democratic and human rights of Kashmiris and continuously killing the Kashmiri people.
If democracy is all about justice, then we say that our fellow Kashmiris are not getting justice even after seven decades.
