{"id":33019,"date":"2024-08-12T09:22:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T09:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=33019"},"modified":"2024-08-12T09:22:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T09:22:36","slug":"let-justice-prevail-for-mohammad-yasin-malik-dr-fai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/let-justice-prevail-for-mohammad-yasin-malik-dr-fai\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Justice Prevail for Mohammad Yasin Malik: Dr. Fai"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 align=\"center\"><\/h5>\n<h5><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33021\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Yasin_Malik.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Yasin_Malik.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Yasin_Malik-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Yasin_Malik-324x235.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Washington, D.C\u00a0 &#8211; On August 8. 2024, one of the most recognizable leaders of Kashmiri resistance movement, Mohammad Yasin Malik, Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, appeared virtually before Delhi High Court for court proceedings. Mr. Malik had pleaded to be produced physically before the court and had objected to conduct proceedings through virtual mode. But the court rejected his plea. National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India is asking for death penalty of Mr. Malik. The next hearing will be on September 19, 2024.<\/h5>\n<h5>One wonders what his crime is. \u00a0Earlier trial court had said that crimes committed by Malik struck at the \u2018heart of the idea of India\u2019 and were intended to forcefully secede Jammu and Kashmir from the union of India. Associated Press reported that Yasin Malik said during the trial, \u201cTerrorism-related charges leveled against me are concocted, fabricated and politically motivated\u201d and that \u201cIf seeking Azadi (Freedom) is a crime, then I am ready to accept this crime and its consequences.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5>Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chairman, World Forum or Peace &amp; Justice said that \u201cIt is a historical fact that Mr. Malik actively campaigned for the candidates of the Muslim United Front (MUF) during the election in1 987. It is universally accepted that the Indian machinery grossly rigged the 1987 elections to install the puppet Farooq Abdullah Government in Kashmir. That became the catalyst for a number of Kashmiris, including Mr. Malik and his close associates to start an uprising against the Indian occupation. Armed revolt against the illegal Indian occupation then erupted in 1988. Malik picked up the gun against Indian rule. He was wounded and captured in a battle in August 1990.&#8221;<\/h5>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VLuQ7srJOg\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/indian-illegally-occupied-jammu-kashmir-gross-human-right-violations-war-crimes-heightened-militarization-a-narrative-of-erasure-lfks-report-part-01\/\">Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu &#038; Kashmir : Gross Human Right Violations, War Crimes, Heightened Militarization, A Narrative of Erasure : LFK&#8217;s Report &#8211; Part 01<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu &#038; Kashmir : Gross Human Right Violations, War Crimes, Heightened Militarization, A Narrative of Erasure : LFK&#8217;s Report &#8211; Part 01&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/indian-illegally-occupied-jammu-kashmir-gross-human-right-violations-war-crimes-heightened-militarization-a-narrative-of-erasure-lfks-report-part-01\/embed\/#?secret=nIT69t0caC#?secret=VLuQ7srJOg\" data-secret=\"VLuQ7srJOg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>&#8220;In media interviews, Malik has maintained that he was driven to \u201carmed struggle\u201d because the Indian state did not allow any space for non-violent protests. However, in 1994, a delegation headed by Ambassador Kuldip Nayyar who was sent by Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao to meet with Mr. Malik, assured him that all cases will be dropped against him if he renounces violence. Later, Ambassador Kuldip Nayyar wrote in Redfiff.com on August 7, 1999, \u2018The first militant, Yasin Malik, who raised his gun at a public meeting in the heart of Srinagar, has turned nonviolent and vegetarian. Now he is a follower of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr Fai continued.<\/h5>\n<h5>Dr. Fai quoted Bharat Bhushan, a seasoned Indian journalist, who wrote in \u2018The Telegraph\u2019 on February 4, 2007,\u00a0\u201cThe president of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), one of the first to wield the gun in Kashmir, is today training youngsters in non-violent politics. He uses a curious mixture of religion \u2014 Sufism \u2014 and non-violence in an attempt to build a constituency for peace in Jammu and Kashmir.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5>Dr. Fai added that it is worth mentioning here that Dr. Shri Prakash in his book, \u2018Twenty Tumultuous Years Insights into Indian Polity\u2019 on page 568 writes, \u201cThe Kashmiri anger actually began with the mass rigging of elections in 1987. There is no use putting life in a corpse. Kashmiri leaders from Farooq Abdullah downwards have lost their credibility, they are totally irrelevant.\u201d And, Amy Waldman wrote in the New York Times on August 24, 2002 that \u201cRigged elections in Kashmir in 1989 helped trigger the armed uprising that India estimates has taken more than 35,000 lives.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5>Now, coming back to the ridiculous assertion of trial court that \u2018crimes committed by Malik were intended to forcefully secede Jammu and Kashmir from the union of India.\u2019 It might be asked since when has Jammu and Kashmir become part of India. Is not it a fact that under all U.N. Security Council resolutions agreed between India and Pakistan, endorsed by the Security Council, Kashmir does not belong to any member state of the United Nations? If Kashmir does not belong to any member state of the United Nations, then the claim of trial court that Mr. Malik intended to secede from India does not stand.<\/h5>\n<h5>It may be an eye-opening experience for trial court judge to know the following. &#8220;A lady asked me other day, \u2018Why Gorbachov would not agree to the Lithuanian demand for independence from the Soviet Union?\u2019 I countered with the question: \u2018Do you believe that Kashmir belongs to India?\u2019 \u2018Yes, of course\u2019 she said. \u2018That is why?\u2019 I said, \u2018There are too many Russians who wrongly believe that Lithuania belongs to the Soviet Union, just as you believe that Kashmir belongs to India,\u2019&#8221; \u2013 Minoo Masani, Former Indian Ambassador to Brazil, Dalit Voice, Bangalore, Aug. 1, 1990.<\/h5>\n<h5>The plan and intentions of the current fascist regime are more sinister when it comes to the case of Yasin Malik. The International community must take cognizance of that historical behavior of India. By eliminating peace-loving leaders like Yasin Malik, the Indian regime is closing any avenues of peace in the region and pushing the youth of Kashmir towards actions that can be detrimental to the peaceful resolution of Kashmir conflict.<\/h5>\n<h5>We appeal to the United Nations and other world powers, including Biden Administration to shed their protracted silence and earnestly impress upon the Indian government to let international standards of justice prevail and free Mohammad Yasin Malik.<\/h5>\n<h5>Dr. Fai is also Secretary General, World Kashmir Awareness Forum. He can be reached at: WhatsApp: 1-202-607-6435. Or.\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:gnfai2003@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gnfai2003@yahoo.com<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>www.kashmirawareness.org<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CXfITIQ8tY\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/indian-illegally-occupied-jammu-kashmir-gross-human-right-violations-war-crimes-heightened-militarization-a-narrative-of-erasure-lfks-report-part-02\/\">Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu &#038; Kashmir : Gross Human Right Violations, War Crimes, Heightened Militarization, A Narrative of Erasure : LFK\u2019s Report \u2013 Part 02<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu &#038; Kashmir : Gross Human Right Violations, War Crimes, Heightened Militarization, A Narrative of Erasure : LFK\u2019s Report \u2013 Part 02&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/indian-illegally-occupied-jammu-kashmir-gross-human-right-violations-war-crimes-heightened-militarization-a-narrative-of-erasure-lfks-report-part-02\/embed\/#?secret=aZLkdTLkQB#?secret=CXfITIQ8tY\" data-secret=\"CXfITIQ8tY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C\u00a0 &#8211; On August 8. 2024, one of the most recognizable leaders of Kashmiri resistance movement, Mohammad Yasin Malik, Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, appeared virtually before Delhi High Court for court proceedings. Mr. Malik had pleaded to be produced physically before the court and had objected to conduct proceedings through virtual mode. 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