Political leaders in India-administered Kashmir denounce New Delhi over seeking death sentence for popular pro-independence leader, Yasin Malik, imploring India to 'let Kashmiris live in peace'
"If seeking Azadi [independence] is a crime, then I am ready to accept this crime and its consequences," Malik told Indian judge during trial last year. / Photo: AA Archive
She wrote on Twitter that"those gleefully supporting his [Malik's] hanging" are a"grave threat to our collective rights." Last year, Malik, 57, chief of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front [or JKLF], refused to accept a government-appointed lawyer or to defend himself against the charges."Terrorism-related charges levelled against me are concocted, fabricated and politically motivated," his organisation, the JKLF, cited him as telling the court in May last year.[independence] is a crime, then I am ready to accept this crime and its consequences," he told the judge.
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