Bangladesh Islami Mohila Majlis has strongly condemned the recent life imprisonment verdict by a Delhi court against Kashmiri pro-independence leader Syeda Asiya Andrabi, head of the women’s rights group Dukhtaran-e-Millat, and her two associates. In a joint statement issued on Tuesday, the organization’s president Nasrin Kader and general secretary Raihana Lopa demanded their immediate and unconditional release, describing the verdict as unjust and oppressive.

The statement accused the Indian government of long-standing oppression in Kashmir, alleging that the region’s people, including women and children, have faced continuous persecution. It noted that Andrabi, a prominent voice against violence toward Kashmiri women, has been imprisoned in Delhi’s Tihar Jail since 2008 and has now been sentenced to life imprisonment again. Her husband, Dr. Muhammad Qasim, has reportedly been detained for 29 years.

The Mohila Majlis leaders urged global freedom and women’s organizations to raise their voices against what they described as India’s injustice and to pressure the Indian government to end repression in Kashmir.