Srinagar, April 14, 2023 (PPI-OT): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, incarcerated General Secretary of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), Molvi Bashir Ahmad Irfani, has urged the G-20 countries to boycott its upcoming event being hosted by India in Srinagar.
Molvi Bashir Ahmad Irfani in a statement issued in Srinagar said Kashmir is not a part of India rather it is a disputed territory which India has forcibly occupied in 1947.
He said India’s illegal occupation has never been accepted by the brave Kashmiri people and they have been resisting it for the last over seven decades. He said lakhs of Kashmiris have been martyred and thousands, including Hurriyat leaders, workers, journalists and human rights activists, imprisoned for demanding their inalienable right to self-determination.
He deplored that some prominent Hurriyat leaders were killed extra-judicially. “Our property worth billions of dollars was razed to the ground and now Kashmiris are being forcibly evicted from their lands.”
Molvi Bashir Ahmad Irfani added that Kashmir had been turned into an open air 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 dares to speak is picked up and later either killed in fake encounters or put behind the bars.
He said the entire Kashmir Valley has been turned into a military garrison while siege and search operations and other brutalities of state terrorism have made the lives of Kashmiris miserable. An atmosphere of fear has been created and in this environment India wants to use the presence of G-20 members in IIOJK to justify its illegal occupation, he added.
The APHC General Secretary urged the G-20 countries that instead of holding a meeting in Kashmir, they should ask India about its state terrorism in the occupied territory and if the situation in Kashmir has returned to normal, then what are its one million occupying troops doing in Kashmir?
Molvi Bashir Irfani said the fact of the matter is that by holding the G-20 meeting in IIOJK, India is trying to hide its ongoing crimes against humanity in the territory.
Urging the G-20 states to boycott its meetings in IIOJK, he said that they should impress upon India to resolve the lingering Kashmir dispute in accordance with the Kashmiris’ aspirations and the relevant UN resolutions.
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