Kashmir and the moment of truth.

The strategic environment in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ and K), the most sensitive nuclear flashpoint in the world, is now hurtling inevitably towards its critical mass. PM Modi's Hindutva-crazed government has senselessly manoeuvred itself into a strategic cul de sac. Its options other than war with Pakistan are fast dwindling; rather war appears to be just another misconceived, misconstrued, misperceived, mishandled Indian false flag operation anyway.

Kashmir is afire. The inexorable clash of intents and wills between the Indian occupation forces and the indigenous Kashmiri resistance movement is ominously gaining momentum.

The major global powers ought to take note of this dangerously deteriorating strategic environment in IOJ and K, particularly when the world is seriously preoccupied with the coronavirus pandemic. Sooner than later they will have to pre-empt India from vitiating it irretrievably. India's reckless brinkmanship, hubris and intransigence in IOJ and K (and across the LoC) will force them to either take a principled stand on the inalienable rights of the Kashmiris' right to self determination and their right to armed struggle or accept the consequences of an ill-timed, ill-considered potentially conventional-nuclear war. The choices are stark. The international community must ensure that peace, good global order and international law reign supreme. The Indians must not be allowed to turn this human tragedy (COVID-19) into an opportunity for them to further suppress the Kashmiris and promote their fanciful regional ambitions.

The UN is cognisant of the deplorable human rights situation in IOJ and K, for the last nine months and counting. It must publicly acknowledge and reiterate its commitment to the 1974 UNGA Resolution 3314 which explicitly supports peoples' Right to Self Determination and their Right to Armed Struggle, including their right to seek and receive external support. The OIC endorses the same through its 1988 Convention on Combatting International Terrorism.

Article 49 of the 4th Geneva Convention forbids an occupying force to transfer or deport any part of its population into an occupied territory for any reason whatsoever. The UN (UNSC, P-5) and OIC must unambiguously uphold international law, UNSC-UNGA Resolutions on Kashmir and move decisively to forestall all Indian attempts at denying the Kashmiris their inalienable human rights. Demographic engineering in IOJ and K must be forestalled, too...