MIRPUR (AJK) – Kashmir Council Europe is going to hold ‘Signature’s camp onKashmir’ in Ireland, it was officially said on Sunday.
The (KC-EU)’s team will arrive in Dublin, the Capital of Ireland, inconnection with the widespread awareness movement on Kashmir’s issue titled‘One Million Signature Campaign’, the Kashmir Council European UnionChairman Ali Raza Syed told APP over telephone from Brussels on Sunday.The team will collect signature from the Irish people in favour ofoppressed people of Kashmir during the two-day signature camp on Monday andTuesday in the capital city, he said.The EU based campaign had been first launched in Belgium a few years agoand so far, a large number the people in the different European countrieshave signed the documents of the signature drive.Local NGOs and social activists based in different European countries havesupported the motivation of move and held camps in the context in the hostcountries.Ahead the scheduled signature camp in Dublin, Chairman Kashmir Council EUAli Raza Syed said that the Council had already organized successful campsin connection with the signature campaign in the different EU countries anda massive number of people showed their positive response in the context.It is important to mention that basic aim of the EU based signature driveis to collect a million signatures in order to highlight the conflict ofKashmir and pressurize New Delhi to stop the human rights abusesperpetrated by the Indian forces in the Indian held Kashmir (IHK).The collection of one million signatures will be presented in the shape ofthe document to the ‘European Parliament’s human rights committee’ in orderto raise the issue of violations of human rights in IHK.Condemning the violations, Ali Raza Syed pointed out the issues related tokilling of innocent people in extra judicial actions, illegal detention ofyouth and political leaders and enormous search operations against innocentmasses by Indian security forces in the occupied territory.Ali Raza Syed urged International Community specially United Nation (UN)and EU to stop human rights abuses in IHK and take necessary steps for asuitable and peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue in accordance with wishesof people of Kashmir.
