Key points
- Demonstrators voice support for Kashmiris’ right to self-determination
- India’s revocation of Articles 370 and 35A “an act of aggression”: Kashmiri leader
- Says move violated UN Security Council Resolutions 91 and 122
ISLAMABAD: Kashmiri Americans, joined by members of civil society, including women and children, staged a demonstration at Times Square, New York, denouncing India’s “settler colonialism” in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K).
Organised by the Kashmiri American Community of the New York Metropolitan Area, the protest featured placards calling for an end to Indian occupation of Kashmir and the release of all political prisoners, the Kashmir Media Service reported.
Right to self-determination
The demonstrators voiced support for Kashmiris’ right to self-determination.
Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chairman of the World Forum for Peace and Justice, condemned India’s revocation of Articles 370 and 35A, calling it an act of aggression violating UN Security Council Resolutions 91 and 122.
“Western complicity”
He also criticised “Western complicity” and praised Indian voices like Arundhati Roy and Yashwant Sinha for supporting human rights in Kashmir.
Dr Fai emphasised India’s imprisonment of Hurriyat leaders like Muhammad Yasin Malik, Masarrat Aalam Butt and Aasiya Andrabi as part of its crackdown on dissent.
