Muzaffarabad: All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir (APHC-AJK) will organize an anti-India rally in Muzaffarabad on June 26 (Wednesday), to be observed as International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, to express solidarity with the victims of Indian state terrorism in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
In a significant press conference held in Muzaffarabad, the Convener of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Azad Kashmir Chapter, Ghulam Muhammad Safi, reiterated the unwavering commitment to continue the struggle for freedom and self-determination from India’s illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir.
Safi, along with other Hurriyat leaders, urged the international community to assist in the release of Kashmiri prisoners, repeal the measures taken on August 5, 2019, and abolish oppressive laws. The conference, attended by prominent leaders such as Raja Khadim Hussain, Zahid Safi, Mushtaq-ul-Islam, Mushtaq Ahmed Butt, Zahid Ashraf, Chaudhry Shaheen, Ashraf Dar, Abdul Majeed Mir, Ijaz Rehmani, Usman Ali Hashim, Muhammad Shafi Dar, and Uzair Ahmed Ghazali, highlighted the dire situation in occupied Kashmir.
Safi condemned the continued Indian military presence and the atrocities committed against the Kashmiri people. He criticized the Indian government’s attempts to suppress the freedom movement by incarcerating Kashmiri leaders and called for the release of prominent figures like Masarat Alam Butt, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Yasin Malik, Asiya Andrabi, Dr. Abdul Hameed Fayaz, Dr. Muhammad Qasim Faktoo, Nahida Nasreen, Naeem Khan, Ayaz Akbar, Sufi Fahmida, Saifullah Peer, Zafar Akbar Butt, Muhammad Yousuf Falahi, Amir Hamza, Hayat Dar, and Umar Adil Dar.
The APHC leaders appealed to global human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Asia Watch to take notice of the war crimes committed by Indian forces in Kashmir. They also urged the United Nations to implement its resolutions on Kashmir, emphasizing that the Kashmiri people should be allowed to determine their political future.
Safi announced that on June 26, in solidarity with victims of torture, the APHC will hold a rally in the capital to demand the release of Kashmiri prisoners from Indian jails.
APHC-AJK in-charge information section Mushtaq Ahmed Butt in a statement said that anti-India protest demonstrations and rallies would be organized and efforts would be made to convey the voice of Kashmiris to the international community.
Mushtaq Ahmed Butt said the peace and freedom-loving people of Jammu and Kashmir are demanding freedom from Indian state oppression and violence with courage and are determined to continue their freedom struggle till it reached its logical conclusion.
He added that the international community should break its criminal silence over the Indian atrocities on innocent Kashmiris and hold India accountable for serious crimes against humanity in the occupied territory.