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EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 20: Several Kashmiri Pandit organisations today staged a protest in front of United Nations Military Observatory Group (UNMOG) Sainik Colony Jammu against the apartheid, human rights violations and apathetic approach of government towards displaced Kashmiri Pandits.
The protest was organised in connection with World Refugees Day in which the representatives of various Kashmiri Pandit Organizations viz. All India Kashmiri Samaj (AIKS), Kashmiri Pandit Sabha Ambphalla (KPS), Jammu Kashmir Nationalist Movement (JKNM), Roots in Kashmir (RIK), Kashmiri Hindu Council. (KHC), Jammu Kashmir National United Front (JKNUF),United Kashmiri Pandit youth Forum (UKPYF),All Displaced Co-ordination Committee (ADCC) & Vitasta Sewa Samaj (Nagrota) took part and raised their voice against the injustice being meted out to them.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. K.N.Pandita, Convener JKNM demanded that Kashmiri Pandits living in exile be given the proper nomenclature of 'Internally Displaced Persons' and all facilities recommended for this category of refugees be provided to them.
A.N.Sadhu, President Kashmiri Pandit Sabha Jammu while commenting on the return rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits said that Kashmiri Pandits should be rehabilitated in the native land in accordance with the norms set forth by the UNHR Charter.
A.K.Diwani, president JKNUF lambasted the state as well as Central governments for terming Kashmiri Pandits as migrants instead of internally displaced persons. By denying rightful status Kashmiri Pandits have been deprived of a succor that would have been accrued to them as internally displaced persons.
The other organizations were represented by PL Budgami, H N Tickoo, Rakesh Bhat, Virender Kuchroo, B.L.Raina, Sunny Ambardar, Ashwani Bhat and Chand Khar
Later an appeal was submitted to Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General United Nations through UNMOG Jammu.
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