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RAWALPINDI, Jan 15 (APP):Mushaal Hussein Malik, chairperson of the Peace and Culture Organisation and wife of jailed Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik, on Thursday said the sacrifices of the Kashmiri people would not go in vain, as the freedom struggle had entered a decisive phase.
Addressing traders at Road College here as part of an outreach campaign for her husband’s release, she said the history of the Kashmiri people was marked by unmatched sacrifices, martyrdom and steadfastness, which remained the real strength of the Kashmir liberation movement.
She said hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris had laid down their lives, while thousands of others, with severed limbs and spilled blood, had kept the freedom movement alive despite relentless Indian oppression.
Mushaal said January 15 was an extremely painful yet inspiring day for her, recalling that her mother was martyred a year ago after being poisoned. She said she was proud to be the daughter of a martyred mother and the wife of Yasin Malik, whom she described as a “ghazi” enduring hardships in India’s Tihar Jail.
She reaffirmed that, as the wife of a freedom fighter, the daughter of a martyr and a representative of the Kashmiri people, she remained resolute that the struggle for Kashmir’s freedom would continue under all circumstances.
Oppression, imprisonment and martyrdom could not weaken the resolve of the Kashmiri people, she added, but instead strengthened their determination.
Mushaal urged traders to continue supporting the Kashmiri people morally, diplomatically and at all possible levels. She also called on the international community to take notice of human rights violations in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and play its role in ensuring the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination.