BJP using judiciary as tool to further its settler colonialism agenda in IIOJK: Nayeem Khan

The incarcerated senior APHC leader Nayeem Ahmed Khan has said that India’s BJP-led racist regime is using its judiciary as a weapon against the Kashmiris to further its settler colonialism agenda in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

In his message from New Delhi’s infamous Tihar jail, APHC leader while referring to continued bloodshed, violence and ruthless suppression of political dissent in IIOJK said, “Life imprisonment of JKLF Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik in a sham trial is one such example that shows how the BJP government is using its judicial apparatus to punish and penalize Kashmiri leaders.”

Terming it as a shocking example of political vendetta and vengeance, Nayeem Khan, recalled that the Indian judiciary has a long history of crucifying justice.

“It is quite alarming that instead of dispensing justice on merit the Indian courts have been acting on whims and fantasy of the ruling party that seems hell bent on choking every dissenting voice in Kashmir,” the APHC leader said. He, however, maintained that India cannot coerce the Kashmiris to silence by resorting to such meant tactics.

Voicing his serious concern over the rising incidents of state terrorism in the IIOJK, he said, systematic killing of innocent civilians, particularly the youth belie the so-called normalcy narrative the Indian government has been pedaling to hoodwink the international community.

“Innocent and educated youth are deliberately targeted and killed during cordon and search operations to advance Hindutva agenda of RSS in Kashmir. The lawless laws like PSA and UAPA are remorselessly used to silence legitimate political voices that have refused to toe the occupation regime’s line in the occupied territory,” he added.

Nayeem Khan also expressed his grave concern over the illegal detention of Hurriyat leaders and activists who have been arrested before and after 5th August 2019.