New York, September 21, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Organization of Islamic Cooperation Contact Group on Kashmir while expressing solidarity with the oppressed people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir called upon India to revoke its August 5, 22019’s illegal actions in the occupied territory.
The OIC Contact Group in it its declaration issued at its meeting in New York on Wednesday also called for implementation of the UN resolutions to resolve the Kashmir dispute.
Addressing the meeting, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said India’s illegal and unilateral actions of 05 August 2019 are aimed at changing the internationally recognized “disputed” status of Jammu and Kashmir and altering its demographic structure.
He said India has resorted to a series of illegal actions, gross and consistent violations of human rights, and other crimes in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The Minister said massive Indian occupying force has continued to perpetrate vicious and repressive actions, including; extrajudicial killings, custodial killings, use of pellet guns and collective punishments.
He said Indian authorities incarcerated the entire Hurriyat leadership, the true representatives of Kashmiri political aspirations. Most Hurriyat leaders are subjected to brutal and inhumane treatment at the hands of Indian occupation forces.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said in pursuance of the “Hindutva” ideology, the RSS-BJP government in India has initiated illegal demographic changes in the occupied territory in gross violation of international law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention.
He said new “domicile rules” have been introduced, and over four million fake domicile certificates have been issued to Hindus from across India to settle in occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The land and properties of Kashmiris are being confiscated for military and official use.
He said there will be no peace in South Asia until the Jammu and Kashmir dispute is peacefully resolved on the basis of justice and international legitimacy.
The Minister said the dispute has remained unresolved primarily due to India’s refusal to implement the resolutions of the Security Council, which stipulated that the final disposition of the State of Jammu and Kashmir shall be made in accordance with the will of the people expressed through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite conducted under the auspices of the United Nations.
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