Indians urge EU not to back out from Kashmir report Monday, January 22, 2007 04:21 [IST]
London: Ahead of the discussion on the EU draft report on
Kashmir in the European Union parliament, leading Hindu outfits in Britain
today asked Indians worldwide to write to European parliamentarians urging them
not to bow to pressure from Pakistan to amend the report, which has critical
observations about PoK.
Representatives from the Hindu Forum of Britain, the National Council of Hindu
Temples and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad said the report makes an objective
assessment of the poverty and lack of democracy in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the fate of over 1 million Kashmiri Hindus
driven out of their homes by Pakistan-backed militants.
The draft report on Kashmir: Present Situation and Future Prospects drafted by UK member of European Parliament Emma Nicholson
will be discussed in the EU Parliament on Wednesday and was drafted following
meetings by the MEP with both sides of the political divide in Jammu and Kashmir.
It makes critical observations about PoK.
The UK Hindu organizations are urging the European parliament to adopt the
report in its entirety, without making any of the 400 and off amendments sought
by the Pakistani government.
"Ever since the report was released in November-end last year, Pakistan
has activated its entire network across the globe, particularly in the European
countries to ensure that the report is discarded," Ramesh Kallidai,
Secretary General of the Hindu Forum of Britain, said.
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