Special Representative of the OIC Secretary General on Jammu and Kashmir Ambassador Abdullah Al-Alim has reiterated OIC’s full support to the people of Kashmir in their legitimate struggle for the fundamental right to self-determination.
He was speaking at a Seminar and Photo Exhibition on Kashmir jointly organised at the OIC Secretariat and the Pakistan Consulate Jeddah.
Ambassador Alim said that recently the situation in the Indian occupied Kashmir has turned critical.
The OIC called on the Indian Government to stop using force against the Kashmiri people.
In his welcoming remarks, Pakistan Consul General Shehryar Akbar Khan said that the event was organized to mark the illegal entry of Indian force into occupied Jammu and Kashmir in 1947.
After the extra-judicial killing of Burhan Wani on 8th of July this year, the situation has worsened.
More than 115 Kashmiris have lost their lives and 15,000 injured.
Around 850 people have sustained severe eye injuries. Representative of Kashmiris Ghulam Muhammad Safi informed the audience about prevailing situation and continued human rights violations in the Indian Occupied Kashmir.
Kashmir Committee Jeddah Chairman Masood Ahmad Puri called upon the international community to break its deadly silence on the tragedy in Kashmir.