ISLAMABAD: General Secretary of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Molvi Bashir Ahmad Irfani has urged countries in G-20 to boycott its upcoming event being hosted by India in Srinagar, in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

Molvi Bashir in statement issued in Srinagar said Kashmir is not part of India rather it is disputed territory which India has forcibly occupied in 1947, Kashmir Media Service reported.

He said this illegal and immoral occupation was never recognised by brave Kashmiri people and they have continued their freedom struggle and as result hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris have been martyred, thousands, including Hurriyat leaders, workers, journalists and human rights activists have been imprisoned for years.

He deplored that some big Hurriyat leaders were killed extra judicially. “Our property worth billions of dollars was razed to ground and now Kashmiris are being forcibly taken away from their lands.”

Molvi Bashir added that Kashmir had been turned into an open prison where people were being deprived of all their basic and human rights. He said no one is allowed to speak against this persecution and illegal occupation and anyone who speaks is taken away and killed in fake encounters.

He said entire valley has been turned into military garrison and siege and search operations and other activities of state terrorism have made lives of Kashmiris miserable. An atmosphere of fear has been created and in this environment, India wants to use presence of G20 in IIOJK to justify its illegal occupation internationally, he added. He said that G20 countries, which believe in supremacy of human rights, should not ignore worst human rights abuses by Indian forces in territory and demand an answer from India for its heinous and brutal actions.

Published in The Daily National Courier, April, 15 2023

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