Pakistan denounced on Wednesday the decision of the Indian authorities to declare two Kashmir organizations occupied by India as “illegal associations,” according to a statement from foreigners.
To Day Earlier, The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs declared the Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee (AAC), Headed by Kashmiri Chief Cleric and Hurriyat Leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and the Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (Jkim), Headed by Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari, as “Unlawful Association” for the Next Five Years, The Hindu reported.
Last year, the Indian authorities had declared several political parties as “illegal associations” too, which takes the total political parties forbidden to 14 in the occupied region. The decision was denounced by the FO at that time as well.
“Pakistan denounces the decision of the Indian authorities to declare the AAC and JKIM as” illegal association “for a period of five years,” said the statement.
“The AAC is led by a prominent political and religious leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. The Jkim was also founded by another remarkable political and religious leader, Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari, who directed it until his disappearance in 2022, ”the statement continued.
He added that the recent decision increases the total number of parties and political organizations of Kashmir prohibited to 16.
“The prohibition of different parties and political organizations is another manifestation of the stabbing of the Indian authorities in the Iojk [Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir]”Said the fo.
The statement pointed out that it reflected the desire to suppress political activities and quell dissent in the region.
It also shows contempt for democratic norms and the International Human Rights Law, he added.
“The government of India is urged to eliminate the curbs of the political parties of Kashmir; free all political prisoners; and faithfully implement the resolutions of the UN Security Council in JAMMU and Kashmir, ”concluded the statement.
At the beginning of the month, the FO rejected the recent comments made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of India in Azad Jammu and Cashmiro (AJK) as “statements without foundation” while asking his country to leave the occupied areas of the region.
The statement occurred one day after the Minister of External Affairs of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, refers to AJK, said that the Kashmir’s dispute would be resolved after the “return of the stolen back of Kashmir that is under the illegal Pachistani occupation.”
The Indian government had released Mirwaiz Farooq in September 2023 after more than four years of house arrest. The 50 -year -old was arrested together with other political leaders and thousands of residents when the government canceled the occupied constitutional semi -autonomy of Kashmir and the federal government imposed in 2019.
