Chairperson of the Peace and Culture Organization and wife of jailed Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik, Mushaal Hussein Mullick, on Wednesday said India has failed to erase the identity of the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir despite changing the territory’s constitutional, geographical and demographic status following its August 5, 2019 actions.
India cannot erase Kashmir’s identity: Mushaal Mullick
ISLAMABAD, Aug 05 (APP):Chairperson of the Peace and Culture Organization and wife of jailed Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik, Mushaal Hussein Mullick, on Wednesday said India has failed to erase the identity of the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir despite changing the territory’s constitutional, geographical and demographic status following its August 5, 2019 actions.
In a video message marking the day, she said the Kashmiri people’s struggle for the United Nations-promised right to self-determination would continue until its logical conclusion and urged the international community to ensure implementation of UN resolutions on Kashmir.
Mullick said August 5 remains one of the darkest days in the history of Jammu and Kashmir, as India attempted to alter the disputed territory’s geographical and demographic character.
However, she said no force could erase the identity, history or legitimate aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
She said the Hurriyat leadership is enduring severe oppression and inhumane treatment in Indian prisons, but the sacrifices of Kashmiri leaders and people had only strengthened the resolve of the freedom movement.
Mullick said no amount of repression, demographic engineering or political measures could extinguish a movement built on the sacrifices of millions of Kashmiris.
She maintained that the struggle for freedom would continue until the people of Jammu and Kashmir secured their internationally recognized right to self-determination.
Calling on the international community to act, she urged world powers, the United Nations and human rights organizations to take notice of the human rights situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and play an effective role in enabling the Kashmiri people to exercise their right to self-determination in accordance with UN resolutions.
Reaffirming Pakistan’s continued support for the Kashmiri cause, Mushaal Hussein Mullick said the people of Pakistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the Kashmiri diaspora across the world would continue to stand with the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and amplify their voice at every international forum.
