All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), led by incarcerated Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, condemned the court’s conviction and life sentence for JKLF Chief Mohammad Yasin Malik on Thursday.

In a statement issued here, APHC said, “Yasin Malik since 1994 pursued peaceful and democratic means of conflict resolution.”

“Yasin Malik actively participated in all negotiations held on Kashmir after 2000 under various regimes in New Delhi and Islamabad. Yet he was arrested, shifted to Tihar and has now been convicted in invented cases under draconian laws, when actually he is being punished for his political beliefs on the JK dispute and for representing the sentiments of its people,” the statement said.

APHC also called upon Government of India to release all political prisoners and resolve the Kashmir Conflict according to the will of the people of J&K.