MIRPUR (AJK), Jan 17 (APP): President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Javed Najam-ul-Saqib Advocate has called upon the international community not to overlook the stark contrast between its so called democratic claims and the harsh realities faced by the people of Indian-illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir state at the hands of the Indian occupational forces.
The AJK SCBA President said that like all previous 77 years since 1947, Kashmiris around the globe, especially those enduring the occupation IIOJK, would observe the Indian Republic Day, falling on January 26, as “Black Day” to reiterate hatred against India besides the ongoing oppression and severe human rights violations committed by the Indian occupational military, para military and civil armed troops in the bleeding vale of Kashmir.
The SCBA President strongly condemned the Indian sinister actions and reaffirmed Kashmiris firm commitment to justice and the right to self-determination.
Saqib continued, the people of Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) have been subjected to relentless human rights abuses, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and widespread use of torture and state terrorism.
“Thousands of innocent Kashmiri families still search for their loved ones, uncertain if they were alive or have been secretly buried alive in the countless unmarked graves scattered across the region”, he said.
“India’s continual attempts to suppress the voices of Kashmiris through military aggression, economic sanctions or political maneuvering, have failed to quell the demand for freedom and grant of right to self-determination”, Javed Najam-ul-Saqib said.
He underlined that the Kashmiri people’s resolve remained unshaken, as they persistently called for the right to determine their own future, a right enshrined in numerous United Nations resolutions and protected under international law.
He called upon the international community, particularly the global powers and NATO to take decisive action in holding India accountable for its sinister and unlawful actions.
“It is imperative that the world powers, claiming to be the champions of democracy and human rights, should stand by their commitments and act to address the plight of the Kashmiri people”, he, said.
Since the revocation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, the IIOJK has been transformed into the world’s largest open-air prison.
Communications have been severed, internet access blocked, and millions of troops deployed to suppress the voice of the Kashmiri people. Additionally, the demographic engineering through the settlement of over 4.5 million non-Kashmiris in the region is a blatant attempt to alter the region’s demographic identity, he underlined.