Srinagar, The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has issued a strong statement condemning the ongoing policies of repression and military might by Indian authorities in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

According to Kashmir Media Service, indicates that various APHC leaders, including Ghulam Muhammad Khan Sopori, Muhammad Saleem Zargar, Advocate Arshad Iqbal, Ms Hafza Bano, and Shafiq ur Rehman, have made separate statements in Srinagar. They claim that for over seventy years, India’s military occupation and state terrorism have been the primary causes of widespread human rights violations in the region. The leaders expressed their dismay over non-Kashmiris being facilitated to acquire land and property in IIOJK, ostensibly to alter its demographic composition, while displacing and rendering the native population homeless.

The APHC leaders criticized the use of draconian laws that provide impunity to the Indian non-Kashmiri establishment, military forces, and bureaucracy. They allege that these entities have taken complete control over civil administration and judicial institutions in the territory, leading to rampant arrests, torture, and harassment of the local population.

Furthermore, the leaders condemned the treatment of Kashmiri political prisoners, who are demanding their right to self-determination, a right recognized by the United Nations and supported by the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The APHC described the resistance movement against Indian occupation as purely political and indigenous, accusing the Indian government of using military and paramilitary forces to suppress fundamental rights.

The plight of incarcerated leaders and activists of the APHC, reportedly confined in death cells without basic amenities, was highlighted as a matter of grave concern. The APHC leaders saluted the resilience of these detained individuals, naming several prominent figures currently imprisoned.

In their call to action, the APHC leaders urged international human rights organizations, including the United Nations Human Rights Council, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch, to pressure India to allow visits to jails for assessing the conditions of the detainees.