Kashmir Week concludes in Brussels; speakers demand early resolution of Kashmir issue.

MIRPUR (AJK) -- The Kashmir Week, commemorated at the European Union (EU) Headquarters in Brussels, concluded with special emphasis on highlighting the Kashmir dispute all over the world and demanding its early resolution.

Addressing the concluding ceremony held at the European Press Club Brussels late Tuesday, speakers emphasized that the issue of Kashmir should be highlighted more and especially the human rights violations in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) should be brought before the world, according to a report received here on Wednesday.

Chairman of Kashmir Council EU Ali Raza Syed, former ambassador of EU Anthony Crasner, Human Rights Activist Maryan Lucas and Senior Kashmiri leader Sardar Sadique were members of the panel while Mahmood Iqbal and Khalid Joshi were among the speakers of the closing ceremony moderated by Sheraz Raj, a Belg-Pakistani intellectual.

The speakers demanded the international community, especially the EU, to put pressure on India to stop atrocities in the IIOJK and pave way for a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir problem. They said that the people of IIOJK had been victims of Indian atrocities for over seven decades and so far, there was no relief for them.

Ali Raza Syed said that although the Kashmir EU Week celebrations had ended, the ongoing exhibition on Kashmir at the European Press Club would continue till Saturday...

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