Safi condemns continued raids, CASOs and insult of women by Indian forces in IIOJK
Islamabad: Convener of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir chapter Ghulam Muhammad Safi has strongly condemned the continued raids, nightly cordon and search operations, vandalism of houses and insult of women by the Indian forces in occupied Jammu and Kashmir
According to Kashmir Media Service, Ghulam Muhammad Safi in a statement in Islamabad said Indian state oppression has now entered a stage where there is no concept of human dignity, private life, religious identity and civil liberties.
He said the Indian forces are demolishing the homes of Kashmiris, sealing off properties and instilling such fear and terror in the occupied valley that ordinary citizens have become unsafe in their own homes. These measures are not only a clear violation of basic human rights but also a clear denial of international humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions, and universal humanitarian norms, he lamented.
Ghulam Muhammad Safi said this policy of New Delhi is not limited to coercion, but its aim is to change the Muslim identity, demographic proportions and cultural identity of the occupied territory under systematic planning, which is a clear demographic engineering and war crime according to international law.
He said this situation is a major test for the international community, the United Nations, the European Union, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and all international human rights organizations. If the world remains silent on this systematic barbarity, its effects will have serious consequences on the peace of the entire region and the global human conscience.
The APHC-AJK Convener called upon the international organizations and powerful states to take immediate notice of the ongoing raids, enforced disappearances, house demolitions and demographic changes in occupied Kashmir, put pressure on the Indian government to stop its inhuman military operations in the occupied territory and grant the Kashmiris their internationally recognized right to self-determination in accordance with UN resolutions.
Ghulam Muhammad Safi further said the Kashmiri people have been struggling for their freedom, dignity, identity and a bright future for the past seven decades. Indian military repression, state terrorism, political revenge, collective punishment and other cheap tactics cannot bend them. He said if the international community continues to remain silent, history will remember it as a silent spectator to the cries of the oppressed people.
