Muzammil Thakur urges UK PM to confront India over war crimes in IIOJK
London: The President of the World Kashmir Freedom Movement (WKFM), Dr Muzammil Ayyub Thakur, has written an open letter to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, urging him to confront India over its continued illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir and ongoing war crimes against the Kashmiri people.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Dr Thakur, in his strongly-worded letter, reminded the British Prime Minister that while he leads a trade delegation to Mumbai to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India continues to commit “war crimes, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, genocide, settler colonisation, and demographic change” in the occupied territory.
Dr Thakur drew a stark comparison between the UK’s stance on Ukraine and its silence on Kashmir, saying: “Your government professes to have moral clarity when it comes to Ukraine, yet the people of Kashmir see your meeting with Modi as a betrayal of your own ethics.” He noted that while London condemns Russia’s invasion, Modi maintains close ties with Moscow and has openly defied Western sanctions by continuing to purchase Russian oil.
“If you fail to question Modi’s alliance with Russia or his crimes in Kashmir,” Dr Thakur wrote, “you will not only be guilty of hypocrisy but complicit in India’s actions — both in Ukraine and in occupied Kashmir.” He warned that British trade deals with New Delhi would “directly contribute to the annihilation of Kashmir and its people” and embolden India’s expansionist designs in South Asia, further destabilising the region.
Referring to India’s misadventure against Pakistan in May 2025, Dr Thakur said the West’s appeasement of Modi’s regime risks sparking wider regional instability. He called on the UK government to “break India’s cycle of violence or face the necessity of supporting Kashmiri resistance against a fascist, neo-colonial, expansionist regime intent on eradicating Kashmiri and Muslim identity — just as the UK supports Ukrainian resistance against its aggressor.”
Dr Thakur reaffirmed that true peace and stability in South Asia will remain elusive until the people of Jammu and Kashmir are allowed to exercise their UN-mandated right to self-determination.
