The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) today called on the international community to act urgently to alleviate the suffering of the oppressed people in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

According to Kashmir Media Service, APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas in a statement from Srinagar condemned the harsh measures imposed by the BJP-led Indian government to punish the Kashmiri people for demanding the right to self-determination.

As part of a vicious campaign, aimed at marginalizing the majority community in IIOJK, the BJP regime is systematically removing Kashmiri Muslim employees from government positions under dubious pretenses. The APHC expressed concern over recent discriminatory actions, including the suspension of four more Kashmiri Muslim employees. The statement highlighted that New Delhi has already terminated scores of Kashmiri Muslims employees, while opening flood-gates of employment for non-local Hindus. ‘The sackings of Kashmiri Muslim employees by the Modi government reveal a pattern of discrimination and political repression’, the APHC stated, adding, ‘These unjust firings are part of a broader scheme to remove local representation from government roles’.

He lamented that justice has been eluding the Kashmiris who are witnessing oppression and bloodshed for the last over seven decades. The APHC reaffirmed that the sacrifices made by Hurriyat leaders, activists and the common Kashmiris in their struggle for freedom of their motherland from Indian bondage will not be forgotten.