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	{{About\|the People's Justice Party (UK) \|the Malaysian political party of the same name\|People's Justice Party (Malaysia)}}		{{About\|the People's Justice Party (UK) \|the Malaysian political party of the same name\|People's Justice Party (Malaysia)}}
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	==History==		==History==
	The Party originated in a ''Free Riaz and Quayyam Campaign'' to obtain the release of two Kashmiri militants (Mohammed Riaz and Quayyam Raja) belonging to the [[Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front]]. The two were imprisoned in 1984 for their role in the kidnapping and killing of Indian diplomat [[Ravindra Mhatre]] in Birmingham. The group was renamed ''Justice for Kashmir'', then renamed ''People's Justice Party.''<ref name="PrasadToughJustice"/><ref name="ElkesTerrorArrests">{{cite news\|last1=Elkes\|first1=Neil\|title=Area was focus for probe into kidnapped Indian diplomat ; Terror Arrests\|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12526088.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119085728/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12526088.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=19 November 2018\|accessdate=16 May 2017\|work=Birmingham Mail\|date=1 February 2007}}</ref><ref>{{citation \|last1=Sökefeld \|first1=Martin \|first2=Marta \|last2=Bolognani \|chapter="Kashmiris in Britain: A political project or a social reality \|pages=118–120 \|title=Pakistan and Its Diaspora: Multidisciplinary Approaches \|editor1-first=Marta \|editor1-last=Bolognani \|editor2-first=Stephen M. \|editor2-last=Lyon \|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan \|year=2011 \|isbn=978-0230119079 \|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7bXGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA118}}</ref>		The Party originated in a ''Free Riaz and Quayyam Campaign'' to obtain the release of two Kashmiri militants (Mohammed Riaz and Quayyam Raja) belonging to the [[Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front]]. The two were imprisoned in 1984 for their role in the kidnapping and killing of Indian diplomat [[Ravindra Mhatre]] in Birmingham. The group was renamed ''Justice for Kashmir'', then renamed ''People's Justice Party.''<ref name="PrasadToughJustice"/><ref name="ElkesTerrorArrests">{{cite news\|last1=Elkes\|first1=Neil\|title=Area was focus for probe into kidnapped Indian diplomat ; Terror Arrests\|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12526088.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119085728/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12526088.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=19 November 2018\|accessdate=16 May 2017\|work=Birmingham Mail\|date=1 February 2007}}</ref><ref>{{citation \|last1=Sökefeld \|first1=Martin \|first2=Marta \|last2=Bolognani \|chapter="Kashmiris in Britain: A political project or a social reality \|pages=118–120 \|title=Pakistan and Its Diaspora: Multidisciplinary Approaches \|editor1-first=Marta \|editor1-last=Bolognani \|editor2-first=Stephen M. \|editor2-last=Lyon \|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan \|year=2011 \|isbn=978-0230119079 \|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7bXGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA118}}</ref>

	On 18 November 2001, the PJP worked with [[Stop the War Coalition]] and the loosely organized Islamic Network UK to turn out a large crowd for a rally opposing military response to the [[11 September attacks]].<ref name="AbbasPressure">{{cite book\|last1=Abbas\|first1=Tahir\|title=Muslim Britain: Communities under Pressure\|date=2013\|publisher=Zed Books\|isbn=978-1848137387\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwxjDgAAQBAJ&q=%22People%27s+Justice+Party%22++birmingham&pg=PT123\|accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref>		On 18 November 2001, the PJP worked with [[Stop the War Coalition]] and the loosely organized Islamic Network UK to turn out a large crowd for a rally opposing military response to the [[11 September attacks]].<ref name="AbbasPressure">{{cite book\|last1=Abbas\|first1=Tahir\|title=Muslim Britain: Communities under Pressure\|date=2013\|publisher=Zed Books\|isbn=978-1848137387\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwxjDgAAQBAJ&q=%22People%27s+Justice+Party%22++birmingham&pg=PT123\|accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref> Success peaked in the [[2001 United Kingdom general election]], when PJP garnered 13% of the votes in the neighborhoods of [[Small Heath]] and [[Sparkbrook]], and held 5 seats on the Birmingham city council.<ref name="AliPostcolonial">{{cite book\|last1=Ali\|first1=Nasreen\|title=A Postcolonial People: South Asians in Britain\|date=2006\|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans\|isbn=1850657971\|page=204\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TX31Q0tz6RAC&q=%22People%27s+Justice+Party%22++birmingham&pg=PA204\|accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref>
	Success peaked in the [[2001 United Kingdom general election]], when PJP garnered 13% of the votes in the neighborhoods of [[Small Heath]] and [[Sparkbrook]], and held 5 seats on the Birmingham city council.<ref name="AliPostcolonial">{{cite book\|last1=Ali\|first1=Nasreen\|title=A Postcolonial People: South Asians in Britain\|date=2006\|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans\|isbn=1850657971\|page=204\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TX31Q0tz6RAC&q=%22People%27s+Justice+Party%22++birmingham&pg=PA204\|accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref>

	In July 2002 the PJP suffered a heavy setback when a leading member, Khalid Mahmood (no relationship to MP for Perry Barr, [[Khalid Mahmood (British politician)\|Khalid Mahmood]],) left to join the Labour Party.<ref name="DaleInDoubt">{{cite news\|last1=Dale\|first1=Paul\|title=Future of Kashmiri party 'in doubt'\|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-89060949.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117191014/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-89060949.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=17 January 2018\|accessdate=16 May 2017\|work=Birmingham Post\|date=6 July 2002}}</ref> In 2003 the PJP ran as a "single-issue" party demanding that the British government pressure India in support of Muslims in Kashmir.<ref name="BlackhurstNewForce">{{cite news\|last1=Blackhurst\|first1=Rob\|title=A New Force in British Politics\|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/node/195084\|accessdate=27 June 2017\|publisher=New Statesman\|date=26 July 2004}}</ref>		In July 2002 the PJP suffered a heavy setback when a leading member, Khalid Mahmood (no relationship to MP for Perry Barr, [[Khalid Mahmood (British politician)\|Khalid Mahmood]],) left to join the Labour Party.<ref name="DaleInDoubt">{{cite news\|last1=Dale\|first1=Paul\|title=Future of Kashmiri party 'in doubt'\|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-89060949.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117191014/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-89060949.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=17 January 2018\|accessdate=16 May 2017\|work=Birmingham Post\|date=6 July 2002}}</ref> In 2003 the PJP ran as a "single-issue" party demanding that the British government pressure India in support of Muslims in Kashmir.<ref name="BlackhurstNewForce">{{cite news\|last1=Blackhurst\|first1=Rob\|title=A New Force in British Politics\|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/node/195084\|accessdate=27 June 2017\|publisher=New Statesman\|date=26 July 2004}}</ref>

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{{About|the People's Justice Party (UK) |the Malaysian political party of the same name|People's Justice Party (Malaysia)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
[[Image:People's Justice Party 1.png|thumb|right|Logo of the People's Justice Party]]

The '''People's Justice Party''' ('''PJP''') was a [[political party]] in the [[United Kingdom]] from 1998 to 2006. It began in 1998 growing out of a protest movement ''Justice for Kashmir'', which first gave rise to the ''Justice Party'' and then the People's Justice Party.<ref name="PrasadToughJustice"/>

The PJP was centered in [[Birmingham]], where it took City Council seats from the long-dominant [[The Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], drawing its support from Birmingham's [[British Mirpuris|Kashmiri]] population; there were some 90,000 residents of [[Azad Kashmir]]i descent in Birmingham in this period.<ref name="PrasadToughJustice">{{cite news|last1=Prasad|first1=Raekha|title=Tough Justice|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2002/jun/19/localgovernment.guardiansocietysupplement|accessdate=15 May 2017|work=The Guardian|date=18 June 2002}}</ref>

==History==
The Party originated in a ''Free Riaz and Quayyam Campaign'' to obtain the release of two Kashmiri militants (Mohammed Riaz and Quayyam Raja) belonging to the [[Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front]]. The two were imprisoned in 1984 for their role in the kidnapping and killing of Indian diplomat [[Ravindra Mhatre]] in Birmingham. The group was renamed ''Justice for Kashmir'', then renamed ''People's Justice Party.''<ref name="PrasadToughJustice"/><ref name="ElkesTerrorArrests">{{cite news|last1=Elkes|first1=Neil|title=Area was focus for probe into kidnapped Indian diplomat ; Terror Arrests|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12526088.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119085728/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12526088.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 November 2018|accessdate=16 May 2017|work=Birmingham Mail|date=1 February 2007}}</ref><ref>{{citation |last1=Sökefeld |first1=Martin |first2=Marta |last2=Bolognani |chapter="Kashmiris in Britain: A political project or a social reality |pages=118–120 |title=Pakistan and Its Diaspora: Multidisciplinary Approaches |editor1-first=Marta |editor1-last=Bolognani |editor2-first=Stephen M. |editor2-last=Lyon |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2011 |isbn=978-0230119079 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7bXGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA118}}</ref>

On 18 November 2001, the PJP worked with [[Stop the War Coalition]] and the loosely organized Islamic Network UK to turn out a large crowd for a rally opposing military response to the [[11 September attacks]].<ref name="AbbasPressure">{{cite book|last1=Abbas|first1=Tahir|title=Muslim Britain: Communities under Pressure|date=2013|publisher=Zed Books|isbn=978-1848137387|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwxjDgAAQBAJ&q=%22People%27s+Justice+Party%22++birmingham&pg=PT123|accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref>
Success peaked in the [[2001 United Kingdom general election]], when PJP garnered 13% of the votes in the neighborhoods of [[Small Heath]] and [[Sparkbrook]], and held 5 seats on the Birmingham city council.<ref name="AliPostcolonial">{{cite book|last1=Ali|first1=Nasreen|title=A Postcolonial People: South Asians in Britain|date=2006|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans|isbn=1850657971|page=204|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TX31Q0tz6RAC&q=%22People%27s+Justice+Party%22++birmingham&pg=PA204|accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref>

In July 2002 the PJP suffered a heavy setback when a leading member, Khalid Mahmood (no relationship to MP for Perry Barr, [[Khalid Mahmood (British politician)|Khalid Mahmood]],) left to join the Labour Party.<ref name="DaleInDoubt">{{cite news|last1=Dale|first1=Paul|title=Future of Kashmiri party 'in doubt'|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-89060949.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117191014/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-89060949.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 January 2018|accessdate=16 May 2017|work=Birmingham Post|date=6 July 2002}}</ref> In 2003 the PJP ran as a "single-issue" party demanding that the British government pressure India in support of Muslims in Kashmir.<ref name="BlackhurstNewForce">{{cite news|last1=Blackhurst|first1=Rob|title=A New Force in British Politics|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/node/195084|accessdate=27 June 2017|publisher=New Statesman|date=26 July 2004}}</ref>

The party platform was based on an appeal for votes on two fronts: local and international. It promised single-sex schools, changes to housing grants, and improved street lighting beside commitments to campaign for self-determination for Kashmir, the formation of a [[Palestinian state]].{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

In 2002 the PJP City Council member Mohammed Nazam was accused of taking part in a rowdy demonstration in which eggs were thrown at the visiting Pakistani High Commissioner.<ref name="BasseyEggAttack">{{cite news|last1=Bassey|first1=Amardeep|title=Council 3 in Dock over Egg Attack|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-93435872.html|accessdate=16 May 2017|publisher=Sunday Mercury|date=27 October 2002}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In the wake of the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]], PJP treasurer Asrar Ahmad complained to the press that "Muslim people" were being blamed for the attacks without "proof."<ref name="MorrisArrest">{{cite news|last1=Morris|first1=Steven|title=Unease at polling booths – Local elections near site of arrest|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/29/politics.localgovernment|accessdate=16 May 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|date=29 July 2005}}</ref>

The PJP was also active in the anti-war activity at the time of the American-led campaign against the [[Taliban]] regime in [[Afghanistan]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}

The PJP in the [[Birmingham City Council]] was led by [[Shaukat Ali Khan]]. Ali Khan had earlier been a member of the Labour Party, as had other PJP members. These ex-Labour members formed PJP in response to what they felt was a failure by the Labour government in the UK to deal adequately with ongoing [[India]]n and [[Pakistan]]i tensions concerning Kashmir, and what they perceived as a failure to improve the lives of the Kashmiri population in Birmingham.<ref name="PrasadToughJustice"/>

Some people criticised the party for being focused on only one ethnic group to the exclusion of others, although the PJP itself admitted that at least half their votes come from the Birmingham Kashmiri population, it claimed to be a secular organisation.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}

The PJP lost all of its seats in the 2004 Birmingham City Council election, but following the finding of postal vote fraud in [[Aston]] and [[Bordesley Green]], by-elections were held in both the wards in July 2005 with the PJP seeing two of its three candidates—Shaukat Ali Khan and Mohammed Saeed—elected in Bordesley Green.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}

The party was dissolved in March 2006, with many of its members, including both Councillors, joining the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]].<ref name="MuslimDisband">{{cite news|title=Muslim councillors disband PJP|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/muslim-councillors-disband-pjp-20642|accessdate=15 May 2017|work=Birmingham Mail|date=13 March 2006}}</ref> The PJP group leader Shaukat Ali Khan said talks about disbanding the party began when members worked closely with the Liberal Democrats to expose New Labour's postal vote fraud in Aston and Bordesley Green.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}

The founder members were Allah Ditta, Raja Skintaj and Rajasab Ali of Azad Kashmir.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}

The idea of a new party that appealed to the foreign policy concerns of Muslim voters was replicated by the [[Respect Party]], founded in 2004.<ref name="BlackhurstNewForce"/>

==See also==
* [[Azad Kashmiri diaspora]]
* [[Kashmir conflict]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/local-news/council-lib-dems-joined-pjp-3985510 Council Lib Dems joined by PJP pair] News announcing the disbanding of the People's Justice Party and its joining the Liberal Democrats; 13 March 2006

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