Sunday, 12 June 2011

‘‘One Million Signature Campaign’’ on Kashmir in Birmingham, a large number participate

‘‘One Million Signature Campaign’’ on Kashmir which was launched in England on Friday reached in Birmingham.

In the collaboration with the like-minded civil society organizations, human rights forums and leading intellectuals, the Kashmir Council EU is organizing the campaign in UK. Before Birmingham, the first camp of was setup in front of parliament in London on Friday. A large number of the people from different walks of life attended the camp to sign in favour of oppressed people of Kashmir.

Famous figures including Lord Nazir Ahmad, Chairman Kashmir American Council Dr.Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chief of World Kashmir Freedom Movement Nazir Qureshi and President Tehrike Kashmir UK Mohammad Ghalib attended the signature campaign in Birmingham. Two more camps are being setup in Manchester and Bradford in next two respective days. MEP Sajjad Karim would host reception in honour of the campaign’s team in Manchester. A seminar on Kashmir was also held on the occasion in Birmingham. Lord Nazir, Dr.Fai, Ali Raza Syed, Nazir Qureshi and Mohammad Ghalim addressed the seminar. The speakers emphasized on maximum support for the ‘One Million Signature Campaign’.

Talking on the occasion, Chairman Kashmir Council EU Ali Raza Syed said, the objective of the campaign in different cities of UK to obtain maximum support of different sections of the society. The campaign is an effort to achieve the gigantic target of one million signatures on the Kashmir Declaration of Freedom and Peace, which calls for the immediate end of all the human rights violations of the people of Kashmir, and their right to self determination, as demanded by the United Nations and many other international human rights organizations and forums

Source : The Nation

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