Kashmiris and Sikhs from across US staged big demonstration in front of UN building

*NEW YORK: Kashmiris from across the United States staged a bigdemonstration in front of the UN building to renew their call on the worldbody to implement its pledge for their exercise of the right ofself-determination, as India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankaraddressed the General Assembly.*

Led by Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry,they denounced India’s illegal measures of 5th August 2019 that revoked thespecial status of Jammu and Kashmir, amid vociferous anti-India slogans.

A large number of Sikhs joined the rally with Dr Amarjit Singh, the head ofWashington-based Khalistan Affairs Center, expressing solidarity with theKashmiris struggle for freedom from India.

Speakers at the rally condemned Indian government’s attempts at changingthe demographic status of Jammu and Kashmir by introducing politicallymotivated laws.

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They also condemned the life imprisonment handed down by an Indian specialcourt in New Delhi to Muhammad Yasin Malik, one of the most prominentleaders of Kashmir freedom movement.