The EU-Pakistan Friendship Federation Europe and the Pashtun Organisation Belgium (POB) organised a protest against the ongoing brutalities in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), in front of prominent European institutions in Brussels on Thursday.
The protest was staged on the occasion of International Human Rights Day which is being observed, today.
It merits mention that the day also marks the first anniversary of the EU Disinfo Lab report, which highlighted the Indian propaganda campaign against Pakistan.
The protest was led by the federation’s chairman Chaudhry Pervez Iqbal and the POB’s Naveed Akhtar. A large number of Pakistanis living in Belgium took part in the protest.
Chairman Iqbal and other participants urged the international community to play its role in resolving the dispute in accordance with UN resolutions.
Iqbal condemned Indian human rights violations in the besieged valley committed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.
Demonstrators demanded an investigation into the misinformation report and a ban on think-tanks and NGOs named in it.
Protesters also held placards against fake Indian media outlets and the Indian armed forces in solidarity with the people of the occupied valley.
Earlier, FM Qureshi reiterated Pakistan’s deep concerns about human rights violations by India in Jammu and Kashmir, and efforts to change the demography of the disputed territory in violation of UNSC resolutions.
Moreover, it was reported that European Commission Vice President Josep Borrell said that the EU is closely following the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir and stressed resolution of the dispute through dialogue.
Borrell underscored the need for restraint, de-escalation of tensions and called for constructive political and diplomatic engagement. This was stated as Borrell co-chaired the sixth round of the EU-Pak Strategic Dialogue along with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Brussels.
