Debate on Kashmir issue in British Parliament is a big disappointment for India at diplomatic level: Raja Fahim Kayani.

ISLAMABAD -- President Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK Raja Fahim Kayani has said that debate on Kashmir issue in British Parliament is a big disappointment for India at the diplomatic level.

In a statement Raja Fahim Kayani said that United Kingdom (UK) parliamentarians held a debate on the critical situation on Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) proposed by Labour MP Sarah Owen.

Raja Fahim Kayani said the debate on Kashmir in the House of Commons is a huge disappointment to India on a diplomatic level as India was confident it's war crimes committed by Indian army in IIOJK will go unnoticed during pandemic. Kayani said they are indebted to all British MPs for speaking Kashmiris woes and condemning human rights violations in IOJK.

It is worth mentioning here that the British MP Sarah Owen who secured the debate said in her remarks that the lockdown of 2019 shut off entire communities and their communications to the outside world. Around 7 million people have been silenced and cut off. There were families worried about loved ones. Students studying in Luton were unable to get fees paid by parents in Kashmir, as banking ceased. There are curfews to control people lives, not a virus-a lockdown enforced by half a million soldiers.

She further said that as with all war, sadly, women are the silent casualties. The situation in Kashmir is no different. There are numerous reports of Kashmiri women and girls being raped. Senior officials in the Bharatiya Janata party have put on record their intentions to make Kashmiri women a part of the conflict. The Chief Minister of Haryana said: 'Some people are now saying that as Kashmir is open, brides will be brought from there. But jokes apart, if [the gender] ratio is improved, then there will be a right balance in society'.

That is appalling. I have heard from women in Kashmir who are terrified of being assaulted by the thousands of soldiers on their doorstep. Women fear for their lives and do not feel safe.

The MP James Daly said that I had heard appalling stories of rape and sexual violence against women-it was absolutely appalling. As an international community working with our European partners with President-elect Biden in America, we have the opportunity now to come up with an international programme through the United Nations that will give succour and hope to those poor people in Kashmir who for 70-plus years have been going through the most awful, appalling hell.

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