KCEU holds candlelight vigil on Kashmir Solidarity Day
Brussels: Kashmir Centre EU, together with a crowd of peaceful supporters hed a
candlelight vigil outside the residence of the Prime Minister of Belgium. The Vigil, on the Global Kashmir Solidarity Day, is a peaceful and solemn
event to remember the people of Indian Held Kashmir and those that have lost their lives in their struggle for freedom.
The crowd observed the
vigil in serene silence holding flickering candles to signify the hope that the people of Kashmir have in seeing this issue resolved.
Kashmir
solidarity day, observed allover Europe as well as in Indian Held Kashmir and the rest of South Asia is much more than an annual gathering of people
that are in solidarity with the Kashmiri cause. It shows the moral support for the legitimate claim to self-determination as recognised by the UN,
government representatives of its member states and the individuals who commemorate this day in Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Dublin, Den Hague and other
cities allover the world.
Addressing the crowd Barrister A. Majid Tramboo stressed the need for the countries, people and governments of the
European Union and the kingdom of belgium to stand in solidarity with the people of Jammu & Kashmir in realising their right to self-determination
pursuant to the United Nations resolutions. He stressed that the route to this is through a reduction in human rights abuses by Indian forces coupled
with dialogue that necessarily includes Kashmiris.
Highlighting the recent European Parliament resolution in which paragraph 33
“stresses that human rights, democracy and security are essential elements of the relationship between EU and India; calls, therefore, on both
sides to ensure that dialogue on open issues is stepped up, with particular reference to Kashmir” Barrister Tramboo called upon the European
Commission and Council to make good on the wishes of the European Parliament. He stressed that KCEU would continue to work with all European actors to
ensure that their recommendations are carried through.
A memorandum was delivered to the Prime Minister of Belgium, H.E. Elio Di Rupo, on
behalf of the people of Kashmir.
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