Kashmir Human Rights seminar
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A seminar at the House of Commons, organised by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Third World Solidarity, on the human rights situation in Kashmir.
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Third World Solidarity held a seminar at the House of Commons on the human rights situation in Kashmir.
The seminar examined the situation following the revocation of Article 370 of the Indian constitution in August 2019, which had given Jammu and Kashmir special status, and the restrictions that followed in the region.
It was chaired by Dave Anderson and Liz Twist MP, with historian Victoria Schofield, Khalid Mahmood MP and Lord Qurban Hussain as main speakers. Speakers called for international human rights organisations to be allowed access to the region.
Event report
The seminar was chaired by Dave Anderson and Liz Twist MP, with Victoria Schofield, Khalid Mahmood MP and Lord Qurban Hussain as main speakers. Mushtaq Lasharie and others also contributed from the floor. Speakers raised concerns about restrictions in the region and called for international human rights organisations to be allowed access.
Sources: The News International, "Seminar on Kashmir human rights"; London Communists, "Solidarity with Kashmir's struggle" (February 2020).