Srinagar, July 10 (KNO) : Jammu and Kashmir Liberation front (JKLF) Wednesday said that it launched “free Yasin Malik” and “Lift Ban from JKLF” campaigns throughout globe. Acting chairman of JKLF Abdul Hamid Butt addressing JKLF supreme council meeting as per a statement issued to KNO said that “prolonged imprisonment of JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik and ban on JKLF are illegal and international community should immediately intervene and stress upon India to release JKLF chairman and lift ban on this political organization.”
Addressing the participants of the JKLF meeting, JKLF acting chairman said that the continued detention of JKLF chairman, who is lodged at Tihar Jail Delhi is totally ‘unlawful, arbitrary and political victimization’ of a senior political leader. He directed all JKLF zones to enhance their efforts in this regard and start “Free Yasin Malik” and “Lift Ban on JKLF” campaigns throughout the world.
It is pertinent to mention that after this very meeting all the JKLF zonal committees and JKLF diplomatic bureau also held separate meetings and have decided to hold rallies, sit-in and other programs outside Indian Embassies’, UN offices and other important places throughout the world. According to the program, JKLF leaders and activists will hold protest rallies on 13th July 2019 throughout the world and demand immediate release of JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik and lifting of ban from JKLF.
Meanwhile, JKLF acting chairman condemned the attack on the house of incarcerated resistance leader Moulana Sarjan Barkati at Shopian. JKLF acting chairman also expressed serious concern over the deteriorating health condition of another inmate Ayaz Akbar sahib who is languishing at Tihar Jail Delhi from 2017.(KNO)