Islamabad: In a powerful and heartbreaking plea, 13-year-old Raziyah Sultan — daughter of Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Mohammad Yasin Malik — has called on the international community to urgently intervene and prevent her father’s execution by Indian authorities.
In her emotional message, Raziyah accuses the Indian government, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, of persecuting her father through a politically driven trial. She described the proceedings as a “kangaroo court”, where justice is being replaced with vengeance.
Yasin Malik, a leading figure in Kashmir’s non-violent struggle for self-determination, has long been in the crosshairs of Indian security agencies. Sentenced to life in prison, he now faces the possibility of capital punishment, as Indian courts prepare to review his case on November 10 — a date many fear could mark a judicial killing cloaked as due process.
Raziyah’s voice cuts through geopolitics, humanizing a conflict too often reduced to numbers and headlines. Her message, raw with the fear of a daughter on the verge of losing her father, appeals directly to world leaders, civil society, and international human rights bodies — including the UN, EU, OIC, US, UK, China, Russia, and the Muslim world — to stop the execution before it’s too late.
“My father is innocent. He raised his voice for peace and justice — and now they want to silence him forever,” Raziyah said in her video appeal, which has gone viral on social media under the hashtags #SaveRaziyahsPapa, #FreeYasinMalik, and #KashmiriLivesMatter.
International human rights organizations have previously condemned India’s handling of Malik’s case, citing lack of due process, politicized prosecution, and use of anti-terror laws to suppress dissent in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Raziyah’s appeal comes at a time when many fear the erosion of democratic norms in India under the Modi government’s Hindu nationalist agenda. Her plea is not only for her father’s life but also a global test of conscience — a demand that the world no longer remain silent in the face of what she calls “state-sanctioned injustice.”
As the countdown to November 10 begins, the world is watching. What it does next will echo beyond borders — and beyond history.
