The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has appealed to the world community to take cognizance of the Indian brutalities and the targeting of innocent Kashmiri youths under black laws to suppress their righteous demand for the right to self-determination, acknowledged by the United Nations.
According to the Kashmir Media Service, the APHC spokesman, Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas, in a statement issued in Srinagar, urged the UN to force India to settle the Kashmir dispute by giving the Kashmiris their political right promised in United Nations resolutions.
Indian troops are terrorizing the people of the occupied territory during cordon and search operations, the APHC statement said. The Kashmiri people will never allow their sacrifices to go to waste. He said India is fighting a war that it cannot win because the Kashmiris are determined to achieve freedom from New Delhi’s illegal occupation at all costs.
Similarly, he said, innocent civilians are being arrested in Poonch and Rajouri of the Pir Panjal region, and the homes of the Hurriyat activists, who are currently in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan, are being raided, attached, and their families are being subjected to severe mental torture.
The spokesman reiterated the Kashmiris’ resolve to continue the freedom movement until taking it to its logical conclusion.
Meanwhile, Dr. Mubeen Shah, a Kashmiri leader living in exile in Istanbul has urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to impose sanctions on India for its escalating human rights violations in the occupied state of Jammu and Kashmir.
In a statement released to the media on Tuesday, Dr. Mubeen Shah emphasized that the Kashmir issue must be taken up in all its manifestations, referencing the OIC’s resolution in the Islamabad summit.
He highlighted the lack of progress despite the resolution and joint communique, which called for bilateral engagements, visits to the disputed state, and constitution of a panel to explore peaceful settlement.
Dr. Shah stressed the need for economic sanctions, citing the double standard of super powers and global forums.
He also called for relief for Kashmiris in OIC countries, including citizenship, jobs, scholarships, and permission to educate people about the Kashmir issue.
Dr. Shah concluded that India’s propaganda offensive must be fought in all its manifestations and the world must take concrete action to support the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination.—KMS
