OTHER INTERESTING ARTICLES: In this section you can see interviews with Emma as well as articles and press statements made by third parties which we think are of interest.

Separatists should rethink on independence call: BJP

August 26 2008
Zee News
New Delhi, India: Contenting that the situation in the Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) was the “worst”, BJP on Tuesday called on the separatist leaders to “rethink their” demand for independence.
“The situation in PoK is the worst and the J&K leaders who demand for independence should understand that the freedom of speech and […]

Seminar - Preservation of the composite culture of India

June 2008
Asianaffairs Magazine
New Delhi, India: One of the best known Indian websites on the Internet is urdutehzeeb.com ‘tehzeeb’ meaning ‘culture’ in Urdu. The site organized a seminar in New Delhi on May 17th at the India Islamic Cultural Centre which is located in Lodhi Road, adjacent to the famous Lodhi Gardens in which are situated […]

MEP criticise lack of democracy, development in PoK

13 Apr 2008
Zee News
New Delhi, April 13: The “lack of democracy and development” in Gilgit and Baltistan areas of Pak-occupied Kashmir has come under severe criticism from several Members of European Parliament (MEP), with some of them charging Islamabad with “illegally” separating it from the rest of PoK.
“It is a matter of regret that Pakistan […]

End reign of terror, deprivation in Gilgit, Baltistan

8 April 2008
DailyIndia.com
Brussels, Apr.8: Brussels, Apr.8: Representatives of the European Parliament and the International Kashmir Alliance (IKA) on Tuesday called for an end to Pakistan’s reign of terror and deprivation in the remote and underdeveloped areas of Gilgit and Baltistan.
In a telecon from Brussels, Mr. Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, Secretary General of the IKA and Chairman […]

After Saddam: the welcome flood

The Times
18 January 2008
Author: Martin Fletcher
It is a scene of stunning natural beauty. The young man steers his wooden boat through a maze of narrow waterways flanked by banks of yellow reeds. The water sparkles beneath a wintry sun. The floats of submerged fishing nets bobble on the surface. Herons and waterfowl scatter as the […]

Secret buyer pays £

The Times
December 14 2007
Author: Dalya Alberge
J. K. Rowling’s final goodbye to Harry Potter yesterday raised £ 2 million at auction in London -40 times its pre-sale estimate.
An anonymous collector, bidding through a dealer who usually specialises in Old Masters, paid £ 1.95 million for The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a 160-page
Potter spin-off of five […]

Birthdays

The Times
October 16 2007 
Emma Nicholson has been a member of the European Parliament for ten years and has just returned from a week in Iraq where she was the first non-Iraqi to address the Parliament. She is convinced that “they are beginning to turn the corner, but it is a very slow process, just as […]

Execution of Chemical Ali delayed in Baghdad

IOL News
October 4 2007
Baghdad - Iraq on Thursday delayed the execution for genocide of “Chemical Ali” as a separate trial heard horrific testimony of the alleged effects of his brutal 1991 crackdown on a Shi’a uprising.
Ali Hassan al-Majid, whose death sentence was upheld by the supreme court one month ago for presiding over the mass […]

Bhutto comments on Nicholson’s Kashmir report

Statement by Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, Chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party, on Nicholson’s Kashmir Report

24 May 2007
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, Chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party, welcomes the European Union Report presented by Baroness Emma Nicholson for drawing attention to the right of self determination of the Kashmiri people;
* for reaffirming the EU’s commitment to the […]

Imran Khan “pledges his full support”

Statement by Imran Khan MP on Nicholson’s Kashmir Report
23rd May 2007
Imran Khan MP today pledged his full support for the European Parliament report “Kashmir: present situation and future prospects” (rapporteur Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne).
He declared:
“This report demonstrates the European Parliament’s concern for freedom and democracy for the Kashmiri people in Gilgit and Baltistan and Azad […]