International Online Seminar on “Justice for Yasin Malik” to Be Held on January 18
MIRPUR, :An international live online seminar titled “Justice for Yasin Malik: Human Rights, Rule of Law, and the 1994 Transition to Peace” will be held on January 18, 2026, under the banner of the Justice for Yasin Malik Campaign, it was officially said by the organisers.
“The seminar is being organized at a critical moment, following the Indian government’s application seeking to convert Yasin Malik’s life sentence into the death penalty, with a crucial court hearing scheduled for January 28, 2026. This development has raised serious concerns regarding human rights, due process, and the rule of law”, the organisers told our Special Jammu Kashmir state Correspondent on Friday.
The webinar will focus on the 1994 ceasefire and Yasin Malik’s historic decision to renounce armed struggle, a transition that opened the path toward political dialogue and peace initiatives. Speakers will examine the legal, political, and moral implications of retroactively criminalizing a peace process that was acknowledged and engaged by state authorities at the time.
The seminar will bring together leading legal experts, human rights advocates, and individuals closely associated with the 1994 peace initiative, including witnesses familiar with Yasin Malik’s political and diplomatic engagements in Pakistan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia, as well as his meetings with senior leadership in the region. Their insights will address how these peace-oriented efforts are now being portrayed as criminal acts.
The discussion will be framed within international human rights standards, constitutional guarantees, and United Nations principles, highlighting what organizers describe as a serious judicial paradox: acknowledging a commitment to peaceful politics while simultaneously seeking the harshest possible punishment.
The seminar will be conducted online via Zoom and broadcast live on major social media platforms, enabling global participation, according to the organizers, who added that the webinar will not solely be about one individual, but about a fundamental question confronting societies emerging from conflict: will peace and dialogue be protected, or punished, they added.
