SRINAGAR: The role played by the British rulers, Indian government and negligence of Kashmiri leadership at the time of partition led to the birth of Kashmir issue, Chairman, Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani said today and appealed the European Union to play its role in helping the people of Kashmir in seeing end of crisis.
In a telephonic address to the International Conference organized by Islamic Forum in Greece, Geelani said that the Kashmiri people were not against India or its people, but want them to fulfill those promises which were made by Indian rulers and guarenteed by the International community.
He said that the right to self determination is the birth right of every citizen and we are fighting for the same rights. While referring to the visit of European Union to Kashmir in 2004, Geelani said that after analyzing the situation in Kashmir the European Union described the Kashmir as “most beautiful prison in the world” in which people are deprived of their birth rights.
The European Union delegation while ‘endorsing’ the UN resolutions as the only solution to the Kashmir problem, had said that the right to self determination is the birth right of every person and nobody would be deprived of their rights.
Referring to the continuous and serious human rights violations in the state, Geelani said that there are more than 600 martyrs graveyards, ten thousand people have been disappeared in custody and the same number of people are buried in unmarked graves.
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