India hit out against comments made by OIC-IPHRC (Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission) for the court ruling against Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, calling them "unacceptable". External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the world seeks "zero tolerance" against terrorism and urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) not to justify it in any manner.
The OIC had stated: "The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expresses its deep concern over the pronouncement of life sentence for one of the most prominent Kashmiri leaders, Mr Yasin Malik, who has been leading a peaceful freedom struggle for many decades."
"The General Secretariat calls on the Government of India to release all Kashmiri leaders unfairly incarcerated, halt forthwith the gross and systematic persecution of Kashmiris in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK); and respect the right of the people of IIOJK to determine their own future through a free and impartial plebiscite as enshrined in the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions."
"India finds unacceptable the comments made by OIC-IPHRC today criticising India for the judgement in the case of Yasin Malik," Bagchi said. "Through these comments, OIC-IPHRC has implicitly expressed support for the terrorist activities of Yasin Malik, which were documented and presented in the court," he said.
"The world seeks zero tolerance of terrorism and we urge OIC not to justify it any manner," the spokesperson said.
A special NIA court this week awarded life sentence to Malik in a terror-funding case.
