EU lawmaker proposes trade, travel restrictions on India amid IOK lockdown

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EU lawmaker proposes trade, travel restrictions on India amid IOK lockdown
By Our Correspondent
Published: September 13, 2019
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AJK President attends Friends of Kashmir conference in European Parliament. PHOTO: TWITTER/@Masood__Khan

MUZAFFARABAD: As the clampdown in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) has crossed a month, a European parliamentarian has proposed “trade sanctions and travel restrictions on those involved in the acts of terrorism and human rights violations in the Muslim-majority state”.

While addressing a conference held in Brussels, Co-Chair of Friends of Kashmir group in European Parliament (EP) Richard Corbett also called for utilising all possible means to mount pressure on the government in New Delhi to ease the ongoing lockdown in the disputed Himalayan region.

According to an official statement, the conference was attended by Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan which was jointly organised by Friends of Kashmir Group in the EP and Jammu-Kashmir Self-Determination Movement, at the European Parliament on Thursday.



EU lawmakers, who are members of Friends of Kashmir Group, briefed the participants of the summit on their visit to AJK last month where they met victims of Indian cross-border firing along Line of Control (LoC).

They also interacted with a wide range of people – including journalists, civil society organisations, physicians, teachers, students and lawyers – and gathered first-hand information.

The EU lawmakers called upon the Indian government to provide them the similar kind of access in Occupied Kashmir.

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AJK President Masood, while addressing the session, welcomed the European Parliament’s decision of holding a debate on September 17 over the situation in IOK, saying the decision reflected growing concern in Europe over the deteriorating human rights situation in the disputed region.

He cautioned about imminent risk of genocide of Muslim population in IOK and called for swift action by the international community.

The AJK president also apprised the participants about the implications of the Modi administration’s unilateral decision to revoke Articles 370 and 35A on August 5 under which outsiders were allowed to buy property in the India’s only Muslim-majority state .

He also urged the world community to take firm steps to check the worst human rights violations at the hands of Indian forces in the occupied territory.

“Trade relations with India should be linked to human rights situation in Occupied Kashmir,” he added.

The president also thanked European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee for holding an in-camera session on Kashmir on the 2nd of this month and taking proactive initiatives on IOK and raising awareness about the deteriorating human rights condition in the valley.

Those who spoke on the occasion included members of European parliament Anthea McIntyre, Mohammad Shaffaq, John Howarth, Irena Von Weise, Theresa Griffin and Raja Najabat Hussain who is chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Self Determination Movement.

 

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European Parliament calls for sanctions on India over Kashmir

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ISLAMABAD: Members of the European Parliament on Saturday, taking note of the alarming situation in Indian occupied Kashmir (IOK), has called for trade and travel sanctions on India.


The Co-Chair of Friends of Kashmir Group in the EU Parliament, Richard Corbett, called for utilising all possible means to mount pressure on India to ease the military curfew in Occupied Kashmir. He proposed the imposition of trade sanctions on New Delhi and restrictions on the travel of those involved in committing human rights violations and acts of terrorism in IOK.


Corbett was speaking to a conference jointly organised by Friends of Kashmir Group in the European Parliament and the Jammu-Kashmir Self-Determination Movement in Brussels.


The Friends of Kashmir Group also proposed that a resolution be presented in the EU regarding the situation in the occupied valley. Last month, members of this group visited Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). During the visit, EU members had a chance to meet the victims of unprovoked attacks from India on the Line of Control and the relatives of those who had lost their lives in these attacks. The group also met a wide range of civil society members including journalists, physicians, teachers, students and lawyers to collect firsthand information about the area.

They called upon the Indian government to provide a similar kind of access in IOK so as to independently verify claims about lack of food, medicines and other items in the Occupied Valley.


Those who spoke at the conference included Anthea McIntyre, Shaffaq Mohammed, John Howarth, Irena Von Weise, Theresa Griffin and Raja Najabat Hussain.


Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan was also present on the occasion and welcomed the decision of the European Parliament to hold a debate on the situation in IOK.


Khan said that the decisions reflected growing concerns in Europe over the deteriorating human rights situation in IOK and warned about the prolonged siege turning into genocide. He said all developments in the occupied territory fit into the definition and criteria of genocide and called for swift action by the international community to intervene and prevent a catastrophe.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had revoked the constitutional autonomy of Occupied Kashmir on August 5 and imposed a military curfew in the Valley, imprisoning thousands of Kashmiris.



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