A massive rally was held in front of the Indian Embassy in Washington, DC, demanding the immediate release of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, and all other Kashmiri political prisoners. According to Kashmir Media Service, the demonstration was organized by the Kashmiri American community and attended by leaders, activists, scholars, and human rights defenders from across the United States and Canada. Addressing the gathering, Razia Sultan, daughter of jailed Muhammad Yasin Malik, made an emotional appeal to the leaders of the free world to save her father’s life, saying India planned to execute him next month for the “crime” of speaking the truth about Kashmiris’ right to self-determination. She said she had not seen him for seven years nor spoken to him for six, adding, “If Indian Prime Minister Modi is so powerful, why is he afraid of my father?” Sardar Zarif Khan, Advisor to the President of Azad Kashmir, said the protesters were united in demanding freedom for all Kashmiri leaders, including Yasin Malik, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Masarrat Alam, and Aasiya Andrabi. Protesters carried placards and shouted slogans such as “Supreme Court decision is a delusion, Kashmir needs a resolution” and “Indian democracy dead in … Continue reading Washington rally demands release of Yasin Malik, other Kashmiri detainees