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New York: In a powerful display of solidarity with the oppressed people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir, digital mobile trucks were deployed across New York City, carrying bold messages urging the United Nations to fulfill its long-pending pledge of granting Kashmiris their right to self-determination.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, the campaign, organized by the World Kashmir Awareness Forum (WKAF), reached hundreds of thousands near the UN headquarters and Times Square, amplifying global calls for justice and action over India\u2019s continued occupation of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n
The initiative formed part of WKAF\u2019s broader effort to remind the international community of its moral and legal responsibility under the UN Security Council resolutions, which explicitly guarantee the right of the Kashmiri people to determine their political future through a free and impartial plebiscite.<\/p>\n
The digital screens displayed strong messages such as:
\n\u201cEnd Indian Colonization of Kashmir,\u201d
\n\u201cHold India Accountable for War Crimes in Kashmir,\u201d
\n\u201cKashmiris Reject Indian Occupation \u2014 UN Resolution Only Solution,\u201d and
\n\u201cUN Resolutions Succinctly State: Kashmir Is Not an Indian Protectorate.\u201d<\/p>\n
WKAF President Dr. Ghulam N. Mir, who also produced the film Saffron Kingdom, recalled that the mass murder of over 237,000 Muslims in Jammu in October 1947 was carried out by the Patiala Sikh regiment and RSS-backed militias under Maharaja Hari Singh\u2019s forces, aimed at ethnically cleansing the region. He said the carnage occurred under the watchful eyes of Nehru, Patel, and Gandhi, while Lord Mountbatten ignored the bloodshed.
\nDr. Mir stressed that after India\u2019s invasion of Jammu and Kashmir on October 27, 1947, little could be done to salvage the situation. \u201cNow it is the responsibility of the diaspora to continue the peaceful and legitimate struggle to reclaim our God-given rights,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cOur people have given their lives for decades to resist and reclaim \u2014 and we shall prevail, God willing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kashmiri-American scholar Dr. Imtiaz Khan noted that this day marks the 78th anniversary of India\u2019s forcible occupation of Kashmir. He said the UN resolutions clearly entitle Kashmiris to a plebiscite, yet India has repeatedly defied international law. \u201cNew Delhi\u2019s intransigence has caused gross human rights violations in IIOJK,\u201d he said, warning that continued neglect could trigger a catastrophic conflict in South Asia.<\/p>\n
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chairman of the World Forum for Peace & Justice, denounced India\u2019s false narrative that \u201cKashmir is an integral part of India.\u201d He termed it a \u201cviolent form of intellectual subjugation,\u201d aimed at rewriting Kashmiri history. Dr. Fai emphasized that confining the Kashmir dispute to a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan sidelines the most vital party \u2014 the Kashmiris themselves.<\/p>\n
He said India\u2019s 2019 abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A exposed the failure of the bilateral approach, adding that \u201c78 years of this masquerade have produced nothing but propaganda and photo opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Raja Mukhtar, National Spokesperson of JKLF North America and main organizer of the event, said that Kashmiri leaders such as Muhammad Yasin Malik and human rights activists are unjustly incarcerated under inhumane conditions. He warned of India\u2019s planned demographic changes through the settlement of extremist Hindus in IIOJK to alter its Muslim-majority character.<\/p>\n
Sardar Taj Khan, Senior Vice Chairman of Kashmir Mission USA, said that Kashmir has become the world\u2019s most dangerous nuclear flashpoint, having already sparked two wars between India and Pakistan. He cautioned that another conflict could be catastrophic, citing India\u2019s false flag operation in Pahalgam as an example of its reckless policies.<\/p>\n
Sardar Sawar Khan, former Advisor to the AJK Prime Minister, said India has deployed over 900,000 heavily armed troops in IIOJK under draconian laws, unleashing mass killings, gang rapes, and blindings of children. He reiterated that Kashmir was never an integral part of any country and that India\u2019s occupation violates the principle of self-determination.<\/p>\n
Sardar Zarif Khan, Advisor to the AJK President, said the denial of self-determination has led to death and destruction, with over 100,000 Kashmiris killed in the past three decades. He criticized the international community\u2019s silence, saying it had effectively granted India impunity by allowing it to block external intervention, including U.S. mediation offers.<\/p>\n
Advocate Sardar Imtiaz Khan Garalvi urged world powers to use their influence to mediate a peaceful resolution involving India, Pakistan, and Kashmiri leadership. He said bilateral talks have failed for 78 years and that Kashmir remains a nuclear tinderbox endangering the entire region.<\/p>\n
Sardar Shoaib Irshad, General Secretary of the Kashmir American Welfare Association (KAWA), appealed to the UN Secretary-General to help facilitate a UN-supervised plebiscite in Kashmir. He also warned that the RSS extremist ideology threatens not only Muslims but also Christians, Dalits, and other minorities across India.<\/p>\n
The campaign, participants stressed, is part of a growing global movement to expose India\u2019s occupation and demand implementation of UN resolutions affirming that Kashmir is not an Indian protectorate but a disputed territory awaiting a UN-mandated plebiscite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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