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LONDON: Dozens of British cashmere in London gathered in Parliament Square on Saturday for a candlelight vigil for the thousands of people living under siege in Kashmir in India.<\/p>\n
On October 5, it marked two months from the date the Indian government eliminated the special status of Kashmir by repealing Article 370.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of pro-Kashmir protesters carried banners and shouted slogans of "what do we want? Freedom!".<\/p>\n
The crowd marched down Downing Street and Trafalgar Square shouting slogans en route to the High Commission of India in Aldwych, a routine destination for pro-Kashmir protesters who wish to register their protest with the Indian government.<\/p>\n
\nWith banners, protesters shout slogans of \u2018what do we want? Freedom! & # 39;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Organized by the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), British cashmere from the cities of South London Luton, Watford and Croydon attended the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have come to all the protests and will continue to do so. I even wanted to go to New York to raise the problem of Kashmir, \u201dsaid an elderly gentleman Mohammad Yaqub, who lives in the Midlands.<\/p>\n
The Kashmir diaspora in the United Kingdom has been actively involved in raising awareness about human rights violations in the occupied valley by appearing in large numbers at demonstrations and demonstrations in all cities.<\/p>\n
Occupied Kashmir has been under a communications blackout for two months since the government led by Narendra Modi revoked Article 370 on August 5, stripping the disputed region of its special status. The few accounts that arise from the occupied region speak of families living under curfew, and some reports say that Indian forces torture activists and commit excesses against protesters.<\/p>\n
Students remember shock<\/strong><\/p>\n
In conversations with Dawn<\/em> Before the two-month mark for curfew, Kashmir students in London described how they felt when they heard the news that the Indian government had revoked article 370.<\/p>\n
"Is it okay if I don't share my name? I'm nervous because I have to go back to India and I don't want to be attacked," said the Kashmir student M *. M's family lives in Srinagar, which is where he lived until he arrived at the University of London to receive higher education.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt first we were in a state of shock and disbelief. It is not that we had an illusion of confidence in the Indian government, but we did not expect them to take such a drastic and unprecedented step. "<\/p>\n
M says that the first days after August 5 were "absolute chaos" and that limited information from India, where the media portrayed that people in Kashmir are happy.<\/p>\n
"Like Kashmir, we know that is not the case."<\/p>\n
M added that communication with their parents has been limited since mobile networks are blocked. Sometimes, they manage to use a neighbor's landline to call her, but they are cautious and fearful, since they assume the phone is intervened<\/p>\n
"In Kashmir we ask" halaat kiche? "(How is the situation?). People say don't ask this on the phone, because if someone says things are fine, they will get worse. Even if my family is well, I know there are thousands of families that are not well." .<\/p>\n
Kashmir lawyer Mirza Saib Beg, who is pursuing her LLM in London, says: \u201cFor 45 days, I did not speak with my family. My friends could communicate with their families only if their relatives lined up to make a call from a police station. The conversations were taking place before an intelligence officer or a police officer and you had to limit yourself to one minute. "<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cInternational calls were not coming to landlines. A friend of mine went to see my family, recorded their voices on a pen drive and sent him to Delhi. A friend of mine in Delhi uploaded that recording and sent it to me. That's how I heard my family for the first time. "<\/p>\n
Posted in Dawn, October 6, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/pre>\n<\/pre>\n
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