World’s silence on Kashmiris’ plight deplored

Jailed Hurriyat leader's wife decries atrocities in IIOJK, world's lethargic response

ISLAMABAD:

Chairperson of Peace and Culture Organisation and the wife of jailed Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik, Mushaal Hussein Mullick, has condemned the world powers and UN bodies' silence over the unabated and continued fascism and brutalities unleashed by the Indian government in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

In a statement on Saturday, she said that the world showed unity and joined hands against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine but kept silent over the Indian fascist government and its inhumane policies in the occupied valley.

She said that the notorious India regime has usurped all basic rights including the right to life of the people in the scenic valley but ironically the international community and so-called human rights organisations were watching the situation as a silent spectators.

She lamented the world’s lethargic and unconcerned attitude towards the region of Kashmir which was turned into the largest open torture cell in the world. She recalled the senior Hurriyat leaders including her husband incarcerated in fake, fabricated and politically motivated cases to defuse the intensity of the freedom movement, however, all such brutal tactics proved otherwise.

The Chairperson said that India was violating and trampling international laws and agreements by depriving the Kashmiris of their fundamental rights, as the occupied forces turned the valley into a living hell for its inhabitants.

She went on to say that the Indian troops were committing the killings, arrests, torture, destruction of properties, molestation of women and other heinous crimes in the garb of so-called cordon and search operations with impunity.

She said that the illegal and unilateral action of August 5, 2019, can’t change the internationally recognised status of Kashmir and the Kashmiri people would not rest until they are able to liberate the occupied valley from the illegal and unlawful occupation of the Indian forces.

Mushaal urged the world to wake up of the sweep slumber and resolve the issue of Kashmir according to the wishes and aspirations of the people of the valley.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 17^th, 2023.