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An Indian court under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has declared Altaf Ahmed Bhat a Proclaimed Offender. Bhat is a senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) and Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM). He has lived in Pakistan since the 1990s. The court filed a charge sheet against him in Srinagar and accused him of involvement in several cases.
Bhat strongly rejected the court’s decision. He described it as a deliberate attempt to silence the Kashmiri movement. In his words, “Kashmiris will not be intimidated by India’s nefarious tactics. No amount of oppression or arrests will deter us.”
He also criticised the Indian government for using the Pahalgam incident as a pretext to carry out violent crackdowns in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). He said these actions mirror Israeli operations in Palestine. According to him, Indian forces have demolished homes, displaced families, and expelled Kashmiri students from educational institutions across India.
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Bhat highlighted the scale of the repression. He said authorities have arrested over 4,000 innocent Kashmiris. Families remain devastated, with “mothers separated from sons, wives from husbands, and children from parents.” He called the situation a “heartbreaking humanitarian tragedy unparalleled in the modern world.”
He also warned about the risks of continued silence. Bhat stated that Kashmir has become a nuclear flashpoint. Rising tensions, he said, could pull both India and Pakistan—two nuclear-armed countries—closer to war.
He urged international bodies and the United Nations to act immediately. In his final remark, Bhat warned, “Delaying a just resolution to the Kashmir issue could lead to catastrophic consequences for the entire region.”
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