Yasin Malik | |
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Born | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India | 3 April 1966
Alma mater | Sri Pratap College |
Office | President Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front |
Political party | Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front All Parties Hurriyat Conference |
Criminal charge(s) | Criminal conspiracy Association with terrorist organisation[1] |
Judicial status | Life imprisonment |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Yasin Malik (born 3 April 1966) is a Kashmiri separatist leader and former militant who advocates the separation of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan.[2] He is the Chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, which originally spearheaded armed militancy in the Kashmir Valley.[3] Malik renounced violence in 1994 and adopted peaceful methods to come to a settlement of the Kashmir conflict. In May 2022, Malik pleaded guilty to charges of criminal conspiracy and waging war against the state,[4][5][6] and was sentenced to life imprisonment.[7]
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