US-based Kashmiri Organizations Condemn Indian Brutalities In Occupied Kashmir

The US-based Kashmiri organizations have condemned the reaction action by the Indian armed forces that killed some 20 innocent civilians, calling on the world community to prevent the continuing massacres of the Kashmiri people.

WASHINGTON,(APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Apr, 2018 ) :The US-based Kashmiri organizations have condemned the reaction action by the Indian armed forces that killed some 20 innocent civilians, calling on the world community to prevent the continuing massacres of the Kashmiri people.

In a statement, issued in Washington, the Kashmiri American Council (KAC) demanded that the Indian forces must be held responsible for the killing of the innocent people in the recent action that also injured 200 people.

"The democracies of the world cannot close their eyes to the plight of the people of Kashmir," said Professor Imtiaz Khan, President, Washington-based Kashmiri American Council, adding that the world has responsibility and a moral obligation to help those who cannot defend themselves.

Khan added that India has shown to the world once again that it prefers destruction to dialogue, but the only way the crisis in Kashmir will ever be resolved peacefully is through dialogue and negotiated settlement between all parties concerned - Pakistan, India and the people of Kashmir.

The KAC calls upon the United Nations to stop India's gross violations of human rights in Kashmir and help the people of Kashmir in achieving their right to self-determination as promised not only by India and Pakistan but also by the United Nations.

The World Kashmir Awareness Forum, another prominent Kashmiri organization said that the unresolved conflict over Kashmir between Pakistan and India threatens the international peace and security of the world.

"It is far past time for the United Nations to take forceful action in order to restore peace and justice in Kashmir," said Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary General, World Kashmir Awareness Forum during the 43rdAnnual Convention of Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) that was held in Baltimore Convention Center on Easter Weekend.

He said that the Kashmir conflict could not be ignored and warned that the potential for genocide was very real and massive killings of innocent civilians had already occurred in the past in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOC) and it continues till today unabated.

"All the parties need to understand that ultimately the Kashmir issue will only be resolved across the table through tripartite negotiations between Governments of India and Pakistan and the leadership of the people of Kashmir.

"If that is true, then why wait," Dr. Fai said adding that any delay would cause more death and destruction in the region. Another Kashmir leader, Dr. M. A. Dhar, reiterated that denying Kashmiris the right to self-determination was a very dangerous game, particularly when the will for self-determination has only grown stronger with the passage of time.