Kashmir Freedom Movement

KFM Charter

The founding document of the Kashmir Freedom Movement — setting out our objectives, guiding principles, organisational structure, and the values that define our struggle for self-determination.

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Preamble

Our
Declaration

We the members of the Kashmir Freedom Movement, believing firmly in justice, equality, and the right of all peoples to determine their own destiny, declare the following as our founding charter.

We the members of Kashmir Freedom Movement (KFM) believe that "to oppress and do injustice to others is sin — but to accept the life of oppression and injustice is an even greater sin." The people of the State of Jammu & Kashmir, once an independent and sovereign nation, have been subjected to oppression, subjugation, and forced division since 27 October 1947.

KFM was established to organise, empower and lead the people of Jammu and Kashmir in their struggle for peace, social justice, freedom, and re-unification of their homeland. We seek to regain sovereignty and independence, and re-establish our status as a nation state in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.

Core Principles

The Seven
Declarations

These are the foundational declarations upon which the entire programme, structure, and strategy of the Kashmir Freedom Movement rests.

1
Jammu Kashmir belongs to all who live in it — without distinction of colour, caste, creed, region, or religion. It is the homeland of all its people.
2
This is not a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan — it is a question of the fundamental right of self-determination of 14 million people, guaranteed by the United Nations.
3
India and Pakistan should simultaneously withdraw all their military, para-military, and other armed forces from the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
4
All human rights violations — at the hands of armed forces, state actors, and their backed militants — must end immediately and unconditionally.
5
Freedom of speech, assembly, and movement of civilians, political workers, journalists, and humanitarian organisations must be fully restored throughout Jammu & Kashmir.
6
The United Nations should facilitate free and fair elections for a people's representative Council from all regions, to negotiate a final settlement on the basis of justice and international law.
7
The international community must facilitate a credible peace process so that the people of Kashmir can determine their own national status through a free, fair, and transparent plebiscite.

Objectives

Our
Objectives

The Kashmir Freedom Movement pursues these specific, measurable objectives in its work at local, national, and international levels.

Self-Determination

Secure the right of the Kashmiri people to freely determine their political status through a UN-supervised plebiscite, as promised since 1948.

International Advocacy

Engage the United Nations, human rights bodies, foreign governments, and international civil society to advance Kashmir's cause on the global stage.

Human Rights

Document, report, and campaign against all human rights violations committed in Jammu & Kashmir, ensuring accountability under international law.

National Unity

Promote the unity of all Kashmiris — across religious, ethnic, regional, and linguistic lines — as the foundation of a free and sovereign Kashmir.

Democratic Governance

Work towards establishing democratic, accountable, and transparent governance structures for a future free Kashmiri state.

Community Empowerment

Educate, organise, and empower Kashmiri communities worldwide to take an active role in advancing their rights and their freedom.

Our Approach

Method &
Strategy

KFM commits to pursuing its objectives exclusively through peaceful, democratic, and lawful means — consistent with the United Nations Charter and international law.

The Kashmir Freedom Movement operates exclusively through civil, democratic, and non-violent means. We reject violence in all its forms. Our tools are education, advocacy, political engagement, legal challenge, community organising, and public mobilisation.

KFM works in cooperation with international human rights organisations, legal experts, sympathetic governments, and inter-governmental bodies — particularly the United Nations — to ensure that Kashmir's right to self-determination is upheld in accordance with the resolutions passed by the UN Security Council.

We appeal to all freedom-loving, conscientious, and humanist nations, individuals, and organisations across the world to support KFM's mission of peace, social justice, and freedom for the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

"We seek to regain our sovereignty and independence and re-establish our status as a nation state in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations."
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