*LONDON: **UK Foreign Secretary asked by MP to pressurise Indian PM Modiover Occupied Kashmir brutality.*
*Andrew James Griffiths, a British Conservative Party politician and Memberof Parliament for Burton, in a letter to UK’s Foreign Secretary DominicRaab, asked him to prevail upon Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stophuman rights violations in Kashmir and seek a solution to the issue throughtalks.*
Kashmir Media Service reported that Andrew Griffiths while expressingconcern over the abrogation of Kashmir-specific Article 370 by Indiafurther wrote: “I am sure you will share my concern at the unprecedentedand disturbing decision by the Indian government to revoke Article 370 ofthe Indian constitution, which allows Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmirlimited autonomy and legislative powers and blocks Indians outside theHimalayan state from buying land or holding local government jobs inKashmir.”
“In my constituency, there are many residents of Kashmiri origin, who havefamily and friends in the region who you can understand will be concernedabout the ongoing situation.”
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“I am further troubled to learn that leaders in the region have been putunder house arrest, that 10,000 additional Indian troops have been sent tothe area and phone and internet services are reportedly down in Kashmirvalley, where public gatherings have been banned and schools closed,” headded.
“I, therefore, request that the Government urgently contact Prime MinisterModi to express concern, seek a suspension of any curbs on human rights inthe region, and request urgent talks to resolve the situation,” the BritishMP maintained
