Srinagar: Police on Wednesday foiled the teleconference of the pro-freedom leaders with the European Parliament on the 5th Global Discourse on Kashmir (GDK 2011) being held in Brussels.
Eyewitnesses said that a police team carried out a surprise raid at Ismail guest house in Barbarshah locality of the uptown and disrupted the teleconference of the pro-freedom leaders with the European parliament. The cops, eyewitnesses said cut off the electricity supply to foil the teleconference.
Prominent pro-freedom leaders, including Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Hurriyat Conference (M) leader, Shabir Ahmad Shah, JKLF (R) leaders, Javed Ahmad Mir, Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate and senior lawyer G N Shaheen were present at the venue when the police thwarted the conference.
Most of the pro-freedom leaders were unable to address the European Parliament. However, Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Shabir Shah addressed the conference.
“We could not make it to Brussels because the Government of India has not issued us passports. The police did not even allow us to address the European parliament through teleconference,” senior JKLF (R) leader, Javed Mir said.
Another party leader, Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate said that police snapped off electricity supply by switching off generator to foil the teleconference. He condemned the police action.
The 5th Global Discourse on Kashmir (GDK 2011) started in European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday with the welcome address by James Elles, Chairman All Party Group for Kashmir in the European Parliament.
On this 5th discourse on Kashmir Influential actors, diplomats and experts from across the globe along with a number of members of the European Parliament drawn, in particular, from the Afghanistan, Indian and South Asia.
James Elles, Ambassador Abdulla Alim, special representative of OIC on Kashmir, Tijis Berman, Chairman Afghanistan delegation, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) and Sherry Rehman, member of the parliamentary committee on national security participated in the inaugural session titled “Situation in Kashmir – International Appreciation.”
Jaen Lambert, Chairman South Asian delegation, Josef Janning, Director of Studies, European Policy Center, Dr Dennis MacShane MP (UK) and Prof Nazir Ahmad Shawl, Chairman Justice Foundation Kashmir Center London also spoke during a session titled “Situation in Kashmir – European Appreciation” later in the day.
Ivo Vagjl, MEP Committee on Foreign Affairs, Moulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, Chairman Pakistan Parliamentary Kashmir Committee, Dr Udit Raj, National President, Indian Justice Party and Nasim Zehra, Director Current Affairs Duniya TV also participated in the session“Situation in Kashmir- Regional Appreciation.”
The main purpose of the Global Discourse on Kashmir, since its first meeting in 2004, according to APGK chairman James Elles, has been to encourage the informal dialogue process between the governments of India, Pakistan and representatives of the people of Kashmir.
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