The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has urged the world community, including the United States, to take notice of India’s breach of commitment to peace, justice and respect for righteous political demand of the people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, the APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas in a statement released on the International Day of Living Together in Peace, today, said India needs to be held accountable for gross human rights violations and snatching of political rights of the people of IIOJK. 

The International Day of Living Together in Peace, observed on May 16 every year, promotes peace, tolerance, and understanding in the world. He said that a message should reach to New Delhi that the uncertainty which was visible in IIOJK as it had been turned into military cantonment and an open jail. He said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has brought the occupied territory to the brink of destruction, urging people to remain vigilant about the Hindutva BJP and their allied party’s conspiracies and reject its hidden allies in the territory. 

The APHC, while condemning the extrajudicial killing of Kashmiris, arbitrary arrests of youth and indiscriminate use of black laws against Kashmiris, urged the international community to hold India accountable for its flagrant disregard for human rights norms and international law.The APHC spokesman said that he himself was a victim of Indian state terrorism and their draconian laws like Public Safety ACT (PSA) and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). 

He also condemned India’s continued violations of peace, justice, and respect for human rights in occupied Jammu and Kashmir. “We want the international community to respect the principles of peace, encourage inclusive conversation, and foster an environment supportive of the political sentiments and aspirations of the Kashmiri people”, the statement said. The APHC spokesman, while hailing the just stance of Pakistan against Indian aggression, urged the world to support the people of Kashmir and advance dialogue and peace in the region. 

He said the people in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir are angry about the decisions made on August 5, 2019 by the BJP-led Indian government and that they have not accepted those illegal actions. The spokesman also said that APHC leaders, including Masarat Aalam Butt, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Asiya Andrabi, Nahieeda Nasreen, Fehmeeda Sofi, Ayaz Akbar, Pir Saifullah, Merajuddin Kalwal, Shahid-ul-Islam, Farooq Ahmed Dar, Syed Shahid Shah, Syed Shakeel Ahmad.

Dr Hameed Fayaz, Bilal Sidiqi, Molvi Bashir Irfani, Mushtaq-ul-Islam, Ameer Hamza, , Abdul Ahad Parra, Noor Muhammad Kalwal, Fayaz Hussain Jafari, Hayat Ahmed Butt, Zaffar Akbar Butt, Dr Muhammad Qasim Fakhtoo, Dr Muhammad Shafi Shariati, Ghulam Qadir Butt, Umar Adil Dar, Saleem Nanaji, Muhammad Yasin Butt, Firdous Ahmed Shah, human rights defender Khurrum Parvaiz and Ahsan Untoo, continue to remain imprisoned in different jails on fabricated charges. He said that these Kashmiri detainees were the worst victims of political vendetta. 

On the other hand, the relatives of illegally detained Kashmiri Hurriyat leaders and activists have expressed deep concern about the safety of their loved ones in the jails of India and the occupied territory. He said Omar Abdulla is a puppet while BJP’s LG Manoj Sinha with outsiders is ruling Jammu and Kashmir by proxy. He urged the world to put pressure on India to treat the detainees as political prisoners and lamented that no charges against them have yet been proven.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)