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MIRPUR (AJK), Nov 4 (APP): Mushaal Hussain Mallick, the top JKLF (Y) leader and wife of incarcerated Kashmir freedom struggle leader Yasin Mallick, flanked by other senior JKLF leaders Muhammad Rafiq Dar (Chief Spokesman) and Saleem Haroon (Vice Chairman), Barrister Tariq Mehmood (UK based renowned lawyer from international law firm “Med-Arb-International”), and PFUJ President Afzal Butt, while addressing a joint press conference in the federal metropolis on Wednesday briefed the media about the petition filed recently (on 29 October) against Indian government in United Nations Special Procedures Branch (UNSPB) and United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) on Death Penalty Petition and other injustices met with the most popular pro-freedom Kashmiri political leader and Chairman JKLF Muhammad Yasin Malik, who is languishing in infamous Delhi Tihar Jail in India for last over six consecutive years, JKLF (Y)’s spokesman Barrister Tariq Mehmood said in a media release issued here on Wednesday.
While giving details of the petition he said that his team includes Barrister Carl Buckley and Barrister Aqsa Hussain from another UK based international law firm “Bedford Row Barristers Chambers” who both with great expertise possess vast experience in working with UN system particularly on human rights violations.
He informed the media that a formal complaint with the UN has been filed concerning Yasin Malik’s detention since 2019, submitting that there is no legitimate basis for his arrest and continued detention.
Further, it is contended that his treatment since arrest is unlawful both as per domestic law in India, and as per those international treaties to which India is a State Party. Malik has been held in custody for a prolonged period in conditions that breach the most basic human rights conditions and has been subjected to a case that itself is molded against a backdrop of political interference to extinguish the nonviolent liberation movement in Kashmir.
Further, having been sentenced to life imprisonment following a wholly flawed trial, and an equally flawed appellate process, Malik contends that the ongoing detention remains arbitrary in nature. The fact that the Death Penalty is being sought only makes the fair trial and associated human rights violations all the more egregious.
Yasin Malik is considered a symbol of nonviolent Kashmiri resistance, and accordingly one of the most prominent leaders in Kashmir’s struggle for freedom and political rights. During his leadership, JKLF has engaged with country leaders, mediators, multilateral and human rights organisations. Much of that work has been directed towards peace building and legitimising the Kashmiri political agency.
According to Barrister Tariq, the petition has been submitted on behalf of Yasin Malik after receiving the due consent from JKLF leadership. He said that the petition that was submitted to UNSPB and UNWGAD is attached with very important documents pertaining to Yasin Malik’s cases and human rights violations he has been going through during his incarceration. This petition has sought their urgent and necessary intervention so that justice is provided to Yasin Malik.