Islamabad: 13-year-old Raziyah Sultan, 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 by India.
According to Radio Pakistan, in a desperate SOS message directed at global powers and human rights organizations, Raziyah 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 is a prominent voice in Kashmir's struggle for self-determination and has long been a target of Indian authorities. The emotional plea of his daughter 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.
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 democratic credentials under Modi's Hindu nationalist regime. By invoking the conscience of the world, Raziyah Sultan challenges global leaders and human rights defenders to act before an innocent man is silenced forever.