Islamabad: Raziyah Sultan, the 13-year-old daughter of Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Mohammad Yasin Malik, has made a heart-wrenching appeal to the international community, urging immediate intervention to prevent her father's execution in what she describes as a politically motivated sham trial. In a desperate SOS message directed at global powers-including China, the United States, and human rights organizations-she has called for justice, alleging that her father is being persecuted by the Indian government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi through fabricated charges in a "kangaroo court."
Yasin Malik, a prominent voice in Kashmir's struggle for self-determination, has long been a target of Indian authorities. His daughter's emotional plea highlights the grim reality of his imprisonment, where he faces the threat of capital punishment in a judicial process that is widely criticised as unfair and opaque.
Raziyah's appeal underscores the human cost of India's heavy-handed approach in Kashmir, where dissent is often criminalized, and due process is routinely undermined.
Her message resonates with the anguish of a child fearing the loss of her father, while also serving as a damning indictment of India's deteriorating democratic credentials under Modi's Hindu nationalist regime. By invoking the conscience of the world, Raziyah Sultan a child challenges global leaders and human rights defenders to act before an innocent man is silenced forever. Will the international community heed her call, or will political expediency allow another miscarriage of justice in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir? The world must decide.