WASHINGTON: Kashmiri-Americans and their supporters will hold a protest demonstration later this week to mark New Delhi’s annexation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in a bid to alter its globally-recognized disputed status and undermine Kashmiris’ right to self-determination, it was announced Monday.
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary-General said that the abrogation of article 370 and 35 A of India’s Constitution was an act of ultimate aggression and attack on the rights of the people of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Speaking at a well-attended meeting organized at the residence of Sardar Aftab Roshan Khan, a Kashmiri activist, he said that India’s move was in contravention of UN resolutions, which prevent any unilateral action to change the disputed nature of Jammu and Kashmir.
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“Because of the unlawful and unilateral acts taken by the Modi government, the situation in Occupied Kashmir has deteriorated and the territory is now at the brink of genocide,” Dr, Fai said, quoting a recent report by Genocide Watch.
“Let us send a very clear message to the world that global Kashmiri diaspora and friends of Kashmir stand dedicated to carry on the struggle till the final settlement of the issue of Kashmir.”
Sardar Shoaib Irshad, joint Secretary of Kashmir American Welfare Association (KAWA) stated that the peaceful protest in will be held in New York on Sunday.
