Bilawal Bhutto strongly condemns Indian court’s fallacious conviction of Yasin Malik on fabricated charges

ISLAMABAD, May 24 (SABAH): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has strongly condemned Indian court’s fallacious conviction of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik on fabricated charges.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that Muhammad Yasin Malik is the most prominent and respected voice among Hurriyat leaders in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. His firm resolve against decades of Indian oppression cannot be shaken by such travesties of justice, Bilawal Bhutto said.

“I demand acquittal of Yasin Malik. The fabricated charges against him must be dropped. And he must be released forthwith and allowed to reunite with his family” he said.

Bilawal Bhutto said that India must also release all political prisoners and stop egregious human rights violations in the IIOJK. He said that India must know that it cannot forever prevent the Kashmiri people from exercising their right to self-detemination, given to them by the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council.

Bilawal Bhutto called upon the international community, the United Nations and the human rights and humanitarian organizations to exhort India to stop this grave injustice against Yasin Malik.

He said that the international community must realize that there will be grave humanitarian consequences if India is allowed to continue violating international laws in the IIOJK, with impunity.