APPKG raises concern over Human Rights violations in occupied Kashmir in a letter to UK PM.

London -- MP Debbie Abrahams Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Kashmir Group (APPKG) raises concerns about the grave Human Rights Violations, Revocation of Special Status and illegal detentions in IIOJ and K in an official letter to UK PM Boris Johnson.

Young Kashmiri leaders: Altaf Ahmed Bhat President Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM) and Fahim Kayani President Tehreek e Kashmir UK appreciated the letter of MP Debbie Abrahams to UK PM Boris Johnson.

They also said that the United Kingdom has to play a decisive role in Kashmir Dispute, while the debate in House of Commons and letter to PM Boris Johnson is a constructive step for Kashmir Freedom Movement Globally.

President JKSM and President TeK UK also appealed to UK PM Boris Johnson to raise Kashmir issue and grave Human Rights violations perpetrated against innocent and besiege Kashmiris since the Partition of the subcontinent and especially after the revocation of Article 370 and 35A.

MP Debbie Abrahams in her letter said that APPKG consists of Parliamentarians from all faiths and Kashmiri, Indian and Pakistani heritage. Our focus has been on promoting human rights across all parts of Kashmir.

After the cancellation of PM Boris Johnson's Visit to India due to COVID-19 B117, and Indian inclusion in G-7 Summit, she said that, while I fully support your endeavours to strengthen international relations which support jobs and investment across the UK, I need to make you aware of the strongly held views Parliamentarians of all political parties have regarding the primacy of human rights and that these cannot be compromised in any trade deal.

The APPKG is particularly concerned about escalating violence across Indian-administered Kashmir (particularly Jammu and Kashmir) and most recently at the Line of Control.

Explaining the revocation of Special Status of IIOJ and K MP Debbie Abrahams said that You (PM UK) will be aware that the Indian Government revoked Article 370 and in particular Article 35A which had given special status and semi-autonomy to the people of the state of Jammu and Kashmir since partition.

The Indian Government annulled Kashmir's constitution split the area into two federal territories - Ladakh, and Jammu and Kashmir - and has imposed direct rule by the Indian Government from Delhi. Also, there has been a further erosion of inherited protections on land and jobs. A dozen petitions challenging the constitutionality of the move remain pending with India's Supreme...

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