Mushaal Mullick denounces Andrabi verdict as ‘Assault on Justice’

ISLAMABAD, Mar 25 (APP): Mushaal Hussain Mullick, wife of imprisoned Kashmiri freedom leader Yasin Malik, vehemently denounced a recent Indian court verdict sentencing Aasiya Andrabi to life imprisonment, terming it a “deliberate conspiracy” to silence Kashmiri leadership and suppress the right to self-determination in Kashmir.

Ms Mullick said the ruling was “not justice, but a premeditated plot,” adding that the sentence handed to Andrabi reflected a systematic attempt to crush dissenting voices in the region.

She maintained that such decisions run in stark contradiction to the principles of justice and due process.

Describing the move as part of a broader crackdown, she alleged that “controversial laws” were being used as tools to stifle the freedom movement. “This is not merely the punishment of a few individuals; it is an attack on an entire nation’s right to self-determination,” Mrs Malik said.

She further warned that efforts to silence Kashmiri leadership had intensified. “The conspiracy to suppress Kashmiri voices is at its peak,” she said, adding that those imprisoned had become a “collective cry for freedom.”

Ms Mullick also criticised the international community’s response, saying its continued silence would be “tantamount to complicity in oppression.” Questioning the credibility of the judicial process, she remarked, “Truth has been criminalised, what kind of system is this?”

Calling the verdict a stain on humanity, she said the sentencing of Andrabi symbolised the choking of an entire nation’s voice. “This is not a judgment; it is the throttling of a people’s voice,” she asserted.

She concluded by warning that history would judge those who remain silent. “If we do not speak today, tomorrow history will hold us accountable,” said Mushaal Mullick.