Speakers at conference urge ICC to deliver justice for Kashmiris
Islamabad: Speakers at the National Kashmir Conference held in Islamabad have called for the provision of justice to the victims of Indian aggression in Kashmir through the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
According to Kashmir Media Service, the conference, organized by Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, featured prominent speakers including Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman, former Chairman of the Senate Nayyar Hussain Bukhari, Deputy Ameer Liaquat Baloch, Mushahid Hussain Syed, Sardar Yaqoob Khan, Sardar Masood Khan, Sardar Atiq Khan, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami AJK Dr. Mohammad Mushtaq Khan, Abdul Rashid Turabi, Ambassador Abdul Basit, Convenor APHC-AJK Ghulam Muhammad Safi and other Hurriyat leaders.
The speakers expressed deep concern over India’s ongoing violations of human rights and the continued genocide of Kashmiris in IIOJK. They stressed that, under international law, Kashmiris have the right to resist and seek freedom from India’s illegal occupation. They also condemned India’s illegal actions in Kashmir, including the revocation of Kashmir’s special status, the issuance of domicile certificates to non-Kashmiris, and attempts to alter the territory’s demographic balance.
The speakers condemned the illegal detention of Kashmir’s political and social leadership, the restrictions on journalists and civil society, the arbitrary arrests of Kashmiri youth during raids, custodial killings, and the seizure of properties, calling these acts further evidence of India’s oppression. Despite such atrocities, they lauded the Kashmiri people’s steadfastness in continuing their rightful struggle for freedom.
The speakers reiterated their commitment to supporting the Kashmiris in their historic freedom struggle, condemning the prolonged illegal detention of key Hurriyat leaders such as Musarrat Alam Bhat, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Abdul Hamid Fayyaz, Dr. Qasim Fakhto, Asiya Andrabi, among others. They pointed out that these leaders are denied basic necessities such as medical treatment and proper nutrition in Indian jails.
The conference also called on the United Nations, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and international human rights organizations to increase pressure on India to stop the human rights violations, war crimes, and genocide in occupied Kashmir.
In its declaration, the conference emphasized that the Kashmir issue is not a territorial dispute between two countries, but a struggle for freedom from Indian occupation. The United Nations had promised the Kashmiri people their right to self-determination, but seven decades later, that promise remains unfulfilled.
The conference also approved the formation of a Friends of Kashmir Forum under the leadership of Mushahid Hussain Syed. The forum will work to raise awareness of the Kashmir issue abroad through lobbying efforts.
