Shabbir Shah stresses upon int’l organisations to stop India from committing human rights violations in Occupied Kashmir 

SRINAGAR, April 24 (SABAH): All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, who has been put behind the bars, has strongly condemned the gross human rights violations by Indian brutal forces in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and urged the United Nations, European Union and rest of the civilized world to take India to task for being involved in war crimes in the territory

Shabbir Ahmad Shah in a message from New Delhi’s infamous Tihar Jail while demanding the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination said that people of Jammu and Kashmir’s resolve for freedom could not be weakened through arrests and harassment.

He termed the a G20 meeting in IIOJK, scheduled in Srinagar in last week of May, is but a hoax and violation of international laws as Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory under the UN resolutions. India, he said, has kept the entire population of the territory hostage through military might. Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognised disputed territory where the people have been deprived of their fundamental rights by India, the statement pointed out.

The APHC leader said, India has failed to hold its military accountable and perpetuated a state of impunity for members of its forces personnel through the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). 

Indian army troops and personnel of paramilitary and police and agencies were committing the worst atrocities to silence political voice and suppress the ongoing freedom movement.

He maintained that resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN resolutions is imperative to bring an end to Indian state terrorism in IIOJK, create an atmosphere for cordial relations between Pakistan and India and to establish permanent peace in South Asia.

The leader said it is the responsibility of the world community particularly United Nations to put pressure on New Delhi to peacefully settle the Kashmir dispute according to the will of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.