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Khan.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis followed the JKLF meeting with the UK’s Foreign and \u0026nbsp;Commonwealth (FCO) head last week, where UK government \u0026nbsp;silence over the recent uprising was questioned. Expressing \u0026nbsp;dissatisfaction with the current UK government attitude \u0026nbsp;towards the gross human rights violations in Kashmir, \u0026nbsp;JKLF’s Azmat Khan explained that there was a need for the \u0026nbsp;UK Labour Party to review its foreign policy as \u0026nbsp;millions of Kashmiri and Pakistani voters in the country \u0026nbsp;looked towards Labour Party and Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership \u0026nbsp;to rebalance the gap between apathy and pro-active conflict \u0026nbsp;resolution approach which was very much needed. \u0026nbsp;Other \u0026nbsp;members of the delegation explained how they were looking forward to a future Labour government which would be able to \u0026nbsp;undo some of the injustices around the world including \u0026nbsp;Kashmir, where 20 million people have waited for 70 years to \u0026nbsp;undo the mess left behind by the British colonial raj. They \u0026nbsp;expressed concerns that UK ministers were more interested in \u0026nbsp;bilateral trade with India at the cost of human rights \u0026nbsp;issues and Prime Minister, Teresa May’s visit to India on \u0026nbsp;6th November would be used by India as an endorsement of its \u0026nbsp;brutal repression in Kashmir, which is largely hidden from \u0026nbsp;international spot light because of Syrian conflict. The JKLF leaders underlined the consequential fallout in Kashmir \u0026nbsp;if the international community did not take timely measures to help resolve the Kashmir conflict. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe shadow \u0026nbsp;foreign secretary raised a number of questions regarding the \u0026nbsp;Azad Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, \u0026nbsp;Ladakh and Siachin \u0026nbsp;territories and asked about the political and legal status \u0026nbsp;of the two assemblies on both sides of the divided Kashmir.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PrxujkkE_d4\/WBcyqouVvQI\/AAAAAAAAUiM\/K5ffagbga1EozYkWgjO4jDkdjY5sp7gdQCLcB\/s1600\/IMG-20161031-WA0008.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PrxujkkE_d4\/WBcyqouVvQI\/AAAAAAAAUiM\/K5ffagbga1EozYkWgjO4jDkdjY5sp7gdQCLcB\/s320\/IMG-20161031-WA0008.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Kashmiri delegation explained how secret service \u0026nbsp;agencies undertook a vetting process before candidates were \u0026nbsp;allowed to stand for local elections and then compelled to \u0026nbsp;take oath of allegiance towards a country named as an \u0026nbsp;occupier by the UN, which was the reason why \u0026nbsp;pro-independence movement leaders were against participating \u0026nbsp;in such electoral processes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey pointed to historical \u0026nbsp;electoral fraud and the bitter claims and counter claims \u0026nbsp;between India and Pakistan which left little choice for the \u0026nbsp;pro-independence Kashmiri leadership exercise their right to \u0026nbsp;freedom of speech and freedom of movement.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;It was decided that a follow up meeting would be organised \u0026nbsp;to look at Kashmiri demands and to address the concerns of \u0026nbsp;the Kashmiri Diaspora in the UK at a future date. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor further details please contact\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EShakeel Mirza Spokesman JKLF UK Chapter.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EShakeel_jaral2006@yahoo.co.uk\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/jklfworld.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8959175885594043525\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/jklfworld.blogspot.com\/2016\/10\/kashmiri-delegation-take-up-kashmir.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6025183395565326371\/posts\/default\/8959175885594043525"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6025183395565326371\/posts\/default\/8959175885594043525"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/jklfworld.blogspot.com\/2016\/10\/kashmiri-delegation-take-up-kashmir.html","title":"Kashmiri delegation take up the Kashmir issue with Labour  shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Israr khan"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13729211016665509139"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"24","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-CdBYzwLvfqE\/VsY3XN6_eBI\/AAAAAAAAQw8\/V6yZGPHZ7YI\/s220\/facebook_1450126311135.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-gIpcHdWFDsg\/WBcx5M2UQhI\/AAAAAAAAUiE\/hvmjSjrwYycBdcr_w4NXuKeRIaJosbPZwCLcB\/s72-c\/IMG-20161031-WA0012.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}});