Kashmiris' self-determination right cannot be denied: leader

But “in response to this legitimate call to exercise their inalienable rights, the Indian authorities have imposed a curfew, detained Mohammad Yasin Malik and put the whole leadership under house arrest, including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Chairman, All parties Hurriyet Conference, affecting the whole of Indian occupied Kashmir.

“This collective punishment on a civilian, non-combatant population is, yet again, another indisputable instance of Indian unwillingness to abide by the UN Charter.”

To that, Dr. Fai responded “nothing can break the will of the Kashmiri people for their legitimate and undeniable right for self-determination  the basic human rights supported by even Indian intellectuals and thinkers like Ms.  Arundhati Roy, Mr. Vir Sanghvi, Mr. Pankaj Mishra, Professor Rajmohan Gandhi, Mr. Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, Mr. Gautam Navlakha, Dr. Sumantra Bose, Mr.  Ramratan Chatterjee, Mr. Praful Bidwai, Professor Angana Chatterji, Mr. Harish Dhawan and many others, he added.

The Kashmiri American Council is committed to finding a just and lasting peace to the disputed territory of Kashmir through a fair and impartial plebiscite.  It fully endorses the beginning of tripartite talks and a peace process, including India, Pakistan and Kashmiri leadership, to resolve this longstanding dispute.

“It urges the international community to intervene on humanitarian grounds to ease the suffering of the innocent and unarmed Kashmiri population.”