The Kashmir Files director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri and actress-producer wife Pallavi Joshi were bestowed with the rare honour of speaking at the UK Parliament on Wednesday. They were invited to an event themed ‘India, World Peace and Humanism’.
The event marking the importance of freedom of expression and human rights of minorities was attended by a number of Members of Parliament from the House of Commons and the House of Lords as well as local elected Councillors from across the UK. Lord Bhiku Parekh, Lord Rami Ranger, Lord Navnit Dholakia, Lord Jitesh Gadhia, Jonathan Lord MP, Virendra Sharma MP, Jane Stevenson MP, Henry Smith MP, Navendu Mishra MP, Theresa Villiers MP, Sam Terry joined Vivek and Pallavi in a frank conversation about freedom, liberty and humanity extended by virtue of respect towards human rights. The event was hosted by former Minister, Baroness Sandip Verma and Member of Parliament, Gagan Mohindra. Lord Rami Ranger hosted the lunch event at the House of Lords.
Vivek Agnihotri highlighted the atrocities inflicted on the Hindus of Kashmir via a short documentary that records first-person accounts of persecuted victims of the Hindu Genocide in Kashmir. He talked about the Right to Free Speech and how certain vested interests and anti-India lobbies in UK were suffocating this basic freedom, thereby denying the Hindus their Genocide in Kashmir. Denial of Genocide is as heinous as Genocide itself as Hindus continue to be murdered in Kashmir valley by Islamist terrorists even till today.
Vivek Agnihotri further tweeted: “Last night was historical as for the first time ever so many ideologically diverse MPs, Lords, Baronesses, Mayors & Councillors stood up in support of Kashmiri Hindus and pledged to take the cause of Genocide further at the UK Parliament. Extremely proud to be the first filmmakers ever to receive such honour. It’s our mission for the world to recognise Kashmiri Hindu Genocide through our art.”
