BY: ALI ABBAS
New York: Kashmiris and Sikh community members staged a protest demonstration outside the UN headquarters against human rights violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), amid the Indian External Affairs Minister (EAM) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s speech at the 78th annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Despite the heavy rain and freezing winds, a large number of people participated in the demonstration and exposed India’s extremist face to the global media and international community.
On this occasion, senior Kashmiri leaders Ghulam Nabi Fai and Sardar Sawar Khan said that the United Nations has not fulfilled its promise it made in its resolutions to the Kashmiris.
On this occasion, the protesters chanted slogans against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his oppressive army.
The protestors said that for the past seventy-five years, India has been inflicting atrocities on the oppressed Kashmiris.
On this occasion, the Sikh community also strongly protested against the extreme policies of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Protesters also raised slogans in favor of freedom for Khalistan and against the recent killing of a Sikh leader in Canada.
On this occasion, the Sikh protesters said that the extremist face of India has been exposed to the whole world by the killing of the Sikh leader in Canada.
The Indian Prime Minister and his secret agency RAW are involved in this murder, they alleged.
The protesters demanded the international community to take serious notice of Indian atrocities and its terrorist policies and pressure them to resolve the Kashmir issue.
