Kashmiri Protest demonstration at Indian mission 11th February (29th Anniversary of Maqbool Butt Shaheed)
Kashmiri
pro-independence organization the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has
called for a shutter-down protest in Kashmir on the 29th
Martyrdom anniversary of Kashmir ’s independence leader, Maqbool Butt Shaheed. JKLF
will take out a protest rally at Maqbool Butt’s birth place in Tregham,
district Kupwara. Meanwhile, the UK chapter of the JKLF will hold a protest
demonstration at the Indian High Commission in London 1pm – 3pm, when a
parliamentary delegation of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Kashmir, led
by its chair Lord Ahmed, will hand in a petition to the president of India to
demand that Indian government should hand over the mortal remains of the
Kashmiri leader to his family in Kashmir. The parliamentary petition has been
signed by the following 33 Mps, Peers and MEPs.
1.
Lord Nazir Ahmed
2.
Lord Qurban Hussain
3.
Lord Bill McKenzie
4.
Baroness Beverley Hughes
5.
Lady Sarah Ludford, MEP
6.
Phil Bennion, MEP
7.
Sajjad Karim, MEP
8. Linda
McAvan, MEP
9. Sir
Gerald Kaufman, MP (Manchester
10. David
Ward, MP (Bradford)
11. Debbie
Abrahams, MP (Oldham )
12. Gavin
Shuker, MP (Luton )
13. Shabana
Mahmood, MP Birmingham)
14. Fiona
Mctaggart , MP (Slough )
15. Kelvin
Hopkins, MP (Luton )
16. Andrew
Stephenson, MP (Pendle)
17. Yasmin
Qureshi, MP (Bolton )
18. John Hemming, MP (Birmingham
19. Chris Leslie, MP (Nottingham )
20. David Nuttall, MP (Bury)
21. George
Galloway, MP (Bradford West)
22. Vernon
23. Simon
Danczuk, MP (Rochdale )
24. Stephen
Timms, MP (EastHam)
25. Lucy
Powell, MP (Manchester
26. David
Blunkett, MP (Sheffield )
27. Ian
Austin, MP (Dudley)
28. Steve
Baker, MP (Wycombe)
29. Andrew
Griffiths, MP (Burton
30. Richard
Harrington, MP (Watford )
31. Jonathan
Lord, MP (Woking )
32. Graham
Stringer, MP (Manchester
33. Sarah
Champion, MP (Rotherham )
JKLF
branch members from London Luton , Watford , Slough , Peterborough Birmingham Dudley , Nottingham , Manchester Bradford have already made arrangement to arrive in London
A seminar
on the life and legacy of Maqbool Butt Shaheed will be held in the House of
Lords (Room 1) at 6pm to commemorate his
29th death anniversary. JKLF Zonal president, Mr Azmat A. Khan and
other Kashmiri leaders, Peers and Members of UK Parliament are expected to
speak at the seminar to highlight world apathy towards the issue of Kashmir and debate the deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Kashmir .
Note for press: The
petition will be handed in to the Indian High Commission, Aldwych, London 2.00 pm . Those wanting to attend the seminar
will need to arrive 1 hour early to obtain entry clearance to the Houses of
Parliament.
Press Secretary,
JKLF UK
Email: info@jklf.co.uk
Web: www.jklf.co.uk / www.JKLF.ORG
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