Ali Raza Syed calls on int’l community to play its role in stopping HR violations of Kashmiris & for a peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue

BRUSSELS, Jan 14 (SABAH): A ceremony was held in Brussels in honor of Chairman Kashmir Council Europe (KCEU) Ali Raza Syed for receiving a significant human rights award.

The reception was organized by Pakistan Press Club Belgium and other European-Pakistani social organizations including Ittefaq Welfare Society Belgium, EU Pak Belgium Federation, Pak Belge Welf are Association and Pak Socio Cultural Association. It should be remembered that during its annual award ceremony in Islamabad last month, the Human Rights Council of Pakistan honored Chairman Kashmir Council EU Ali Raza Syed with a human rights award for his humanitarian services at the international level, especially in Europe for highlighting the rights of the oppressed Kashmiris.

The event in honor of Ali Raza Syed in Brussels was started with recitation of Quran, the holy book. A number of Pakistanis and Kashmiris living in Europe participated in the ceremony. The ceremony was presided over by renowned scholar and historian Dr. Aslam Syed. President Pakistan Press Club Belgium Chouhdary Imran Saqib moderated the ceremony. Participants of the event congratulated Ali Raza Syed for receiving the human right award and wished him well.

Ali Raza Syed, Dr. Aslam Syed, Sardar Sadique, Sadrar Mahmood Iqbal, Chaudhry Zahid Bhaddar, Shakeel Guhar, Nadeem Butt Dani, Rao Mustajab, Hafiz Uneeb Rashid, Keneth Raye, Malik Ajmal, Haji Pervez, Imran Mirza, Nasir Chaudhry and Uzair Chaudhry were speakers of the event.

The speakers appreciated the efforts of Ali Raza Syed for the last 20 years for the cause of Kashmir at the global level, especially to highlight the rights of the oppressed Kashmiris in Europe. They said that Ali Raza Syed has played a significant role in informing all European institutions, especially the European Parliament and the European External Action Service, and European politicians and European authorities about the issue of Kashmir and especially the rights of Kashmiris.

The speakers further said that Ali Raza Syed and his team have set up numerous camps, processions, and demonstrations during public awareness campaigns in different European countries in the last two decades. Additionally, through a one million signature campaign across Europe, he informed the European people about the issue of Kashmir and Indian atrocities on Kashmiris and tried to get Europe’s support in favor of Kashmiris.

On this occasion, Ali Raza Syed thanked the office bearers of Pakistan Press Club Belgium and other host organizations for managing the reception in his honor. He said that India is continuously snatching the basic human rights of Kashmiris for the past 76 years and creating obstacles in the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue. Indian forces are involved in genocide of Kashmiris, extrajudicial killings and illegal imprisonment, target killings, killings of Kashmiri youth in fake encounters, enforced disappearance, desecration of women and other serious crimes against humanity in the Occupied Kashmir. So far, India has used more subtle tactics to reduce the proportion of the Kashmiri population in Jammu and Kashmir, including changing domicile laws and ending the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

Ali Raza Syed said that we will continue to play our role to highlight the issue of Kashmir and to expose the real brutal face of India regarding the violation of the rights of Kashmiris. Chairman Kashmir Council EU called on the international community to play its role in stopping the human rights violations of Kashmiris and for a peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue.