Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on K
ashmir Shehryar Khan Afridi has urged the international community and the United Nations to designate Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a terrorist organization due to its long history of being involved in acts of violence against minorities in general and Muslims in particular, which represents a grave and blatant violation of the International Humanitarian Law, United Nations Charter and the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
He made these comments during a meeting with a delegation of Legal Forum for Oppressed Voices of K
ashmir (LFOVK). The delegation was led by head of the delegation Advocate Nasir Qadri, Mohammad Umar, Ahmed Bin Qasim, Zainul Abideen, Bakht Fatima and others.
Qadri on the occasion briefed the K
ashmir Committee chairman on its documentary developed on one year of military siege of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & K
ashmir by India. The documentary titled “K
ashmir Holocaust” was released a
cross the world on August 5.
Afridi lauded the services of the LFOVK and said that the documentary would go a long way in exposing the war crimes being committed by Indian forces
in the IIOJK. He said Pakistan assures the K
ashmiris of an un-wavering and strong political, diplomatic, legal and moral support for their legitimate and UN-recognized struggle for their right of self-determination.
He urged the international community, United Nations and all international institutions to play an active role in stopping the Indian brutalities, oppression and reign of terror against the people of the Occupied Jammu and K
ashmir.
Paying great tribute to the sacrifices made by K
ashmiri people, Afridi said that Pakistan recognizes the efforts and sacrifices of the courageous and valiant people of K
ashmir and all those men, children, women and men who have laid down their lives or lost their limbs, eyes and their loved ones for their Internationally-recognized right
and just struggle for Self-determination are real life heroes.
Afridi appreciated the Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of June 2018 and July 2019 documenting extensive and systematic human rights violations
in the IIOJK. Recalling the recent Report of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & K
ashmir based ‘Forum for Human Rights in Jammu and K
ashmir”, Shehryar Afridi called for the release of all political prisoners.
He urged the international community that any action through political, legal, demographic or military means, particularly those taken on or after August 5, 2020 by India to alter the international or demographic character of the Jammu and K
ashmir dispute represents a blatant violation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions.
“Any political act by India in K
ashmir cannot be a substitute for the UN-recognized right of self-determination for the K
ashmiri people. We strongly condemn and rej
ect any such illegal Indian action,” he added.
K
ashmir Committee chairman expressed deep concern at the Indian attempts to alter the demography through ethnic cleansing, illegal issuance of domicile to non-K
ashmiri individuals to allow them to settle
in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & K
ashmir, in violation of the International laws and UN resolutions.