Birmingham: Kashmiri, Pakistani diaspora and their allies on Friday commemorated the first martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed Syed Ali Geelani in the UK and across Europe as ‘Youm-e-Baba-i-Hurriyat’ or ‘Day of Father of Freedom Movement’ in Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIoJK).
People in Birmingham, Glasgow, Luton, Oldham , Leeds, Nelson cities came out in droves to pay tributes to Geelani, the life-time chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), who attained martyrdom on Sept. 01, 2021 while he was under illegal house arrest at his Hyderpora residence in uptown Srinagar, the capital of IIoJK. He was forcibly buried in a local graveyard against the wishes of the Kashmiri nation.
The demonstrators urged the British government to force India to return body of Shaheed Geelani so that it is buried according to his will and wish of Kashmiri people. Geelani had wished to buried in Martyrs Graveyard Srinagar.
Fahim Kayani, president of Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK, on whose invitation events to mark ‘Youm-e-Baba-i-Hurriyat’ were held in United Kingdom, said oppressed people of IIoJK “have no luxury to forget services of their leaders.”
“Remembrance is resistance,” Kayani told an anti-India demonstration in Birmingham, adding, Shaheed Geelani relentlessly fought fascist Indian military regime in IIoJK.
“Shaheed Geelani Sahab showed us a way that nothing can replace the sacred freedom from an illegal occupation,” Kayani said, urging steadfastness in fight against Indian military regime in IIoJK. Web Desk
