London: The Jammu Kashmir Self Determination Movement International (JKSDMI), under the leadership of Founding Chairman Raja Najabat Hussain (Sitara-e-Pakistan), hosted a landmark All Parties Kashmir Parliamentary Conference at the British Parliament as part of the ongoing Kashmir Martyrs Week, which began in Bradford on 11th July and will conclude in Birmingham on 19th July.
The conference, held with the support of James Frith MP (Bury North), drew a wide and influential audience including British parliamentarians, Pakistani senators, Kashmiri leaders, human rights activists, and diaspora voices.
British Parliamentarians in attendance include Barrister Imran Hussain MP (Chair, APPG on Kashmir), Tahir Ali MP (Senior Vice Chair, APPG), Debbie Abrahams (Former Chair, APPG), Dr. Afzal Khan MP, Richard Burgan MP, David Williams MP, Dr. Alison Clarkson MP, Connor Rand MP, Kate Dearden MP, Dr. Zubir Ahmed MP, Barrister Mohammad Ayoub MP, Mohammad Yasin MP (UK Trade Envoy to Pakistan) and Anna Dixon MP.
Pakistani delegation include Senator Dr Mohammad Humayun Mohmand, Senator (Retd) General Abdul Qayyum Khan, Onaza Ehsan Butt, Ex-MNA, Zafar Bakhtawari, business leader and Mohammad Suleman, Assistant Director, PIPS.
Kashmiri and Community leaders include Professor Shahid Iqbal, Muzzammil Ayub Thakar, Rehana Ali Advocate, Chaudhary Liaqat Ali, Nadia Jahfery (Chairperson, JKSDMI London), Zeshan Araf (Chair, JKSDMI Youth Wing), Barrister Shahzada Hayat, Chaudhary Dilpazeer (Advisor to AJK President), Chaudhary Mohammad Shahban, Laiq Ali Khan, Mohammad Ameen Bobby, Mohammad Aslam Chughtai, Fozia Hussain, Momena Latif, Mahnoor Latif, Sheikh Ramzi Ahmed, Raja Zafar Iqbal (Muslim Conference UK), Jahanzeb Khan (PTI), and other London-based dignitaries.
A central theme of the conference was the escalating danger in South Asia following the 9th May 2025 conventional clash between India and Pakistan, and the tragic Pahalgam massacre on 22nd April 2025, which claimed 26 innocent lives. Participants warned that any escalation between two nuclear-armed states poses a threat to global peace.
Speakers called on the United Nations and the international community to immediately investigate the Pahalgam attack to establish accountability and prevent misinformation that could lead to broader conflict.
The conference highlighted that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has become a beacon of Hindutva extremism, led by the BJP and RSS, which promote the ideology of an 'Akhand Bharat' - a greater India dream that undermines pluralism across South Asia.
This ideology has spread through its Western wing, the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), active in The UK, USA, Canada, Australia, and Europe.
As revealed in Channel 4 investigations, these networks indoctrinate youth under the guise of yoga, engage in political entryism and promote hatred through media and Bollywood.
India was further accused of state-sponsored terrorism, including assassination plots against Sikh and Kashmiri activists in Western countries.
With over 30 uranium smuggling incidents reported in the last two decades from India, speakers warned of global nuclear security risks. India's threats to stop water flows to Pakistan - violating rights over rivers originating in Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK) - were described as 'water terrorism.'
India's internal fragmentation was also noted, with 19+ separatist movements, including in Kashmir, Punjab, Manipur and Nagaland South India.
Participants condemned India's use of rape as a weapon of war in Kashmir. The AFSPA law, caste-based impunity, and political shielding by BJP-RSS networks were blamed for widespread abuse. A recent US travel advisory warning women against solo travel to India further confirmed these concerns.
Even Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has called Delhi 'the rape capital of the world.' If Indian women are unsafe in their capital, speakers asked, 'what of Kashmiri women under occupation?'
The conference paid tribute to imprisoned Kashmiri leaders and human rights defenders, including Muhammad Yasin Malik, Dr. Qasim Faktoo, Shabir Ahmed Shah, Khurram Parvez, Asif Sultan, Sajad Gul, Aasiya Andrabi, Altaf Shah and Musarat Alam Bhat and those martyred Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai.
Non-Kashmiri voices Arundhati Roy, Medha Patkar, Kumar Vishwas, Saifuddin Soz were also remembered.
The speakers emphasized that India has violated Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Geneva Conventions (1949) and UNSC Resolutions 47, 51 and 91.
The Simla Agreement of 1972, signed under wartime duress and without Kashmiri consent, was declared legally void, with 18 UNSCRs reaffirming Kashmiris' Right to Self-Determination.
The UK House of Lords will debate the Kashmir issue on 17th July 2025, and JKSDMI urged parliamentarians to address human rights violations, nuclear tensions, gender-based violence and Hindutva extremism.
Launch an independent international investigation into the Pahalgam incident, reinforce calls for a UN-supervised plebiscite in Kashmir, ban Hindutva ideology globally and sanction RSS and HSS networks, hold India accountable for uranium trafficking, support Kashmiri political prisoners and exiled activists, prevent India's 'water terrorism' through UNSC and World Bank mechanisms.
As a UN Security Council permanent member, a Commonwealth founder, and a state with universal jurisdiction, the United Kingdom must act: Sanction India for its war crimes in Kashmir. Refer Indian officials to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for: Rape as a weapon of war, extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, suppression of journalists, violation of UN resolutions and nuclear negligence.
'Justice delayed is not just justice denied - it is a warning. The time to stand with Kashmir is now - not later.'