Yasin Malik

Yasin Malik (born 1966) is a Kashmiri separatist leader and former militant. He supports the separation of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan. He is the Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front.: "In early 1990 a group of young men in the Kashmir Valley launched a guerrilla revolt against Indian rule under the banner of a movement calling itself the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)." Malik supported violent actions in 1994 and wanted more peaceful methods in the Kashmir conflict. 

In May 2022, it is alleged that Malik said that he was guilty of criminal conspiracy and causing war against the state, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

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Category:1966 births
Category:Living people
Category:Indian activists
Category:Indian criminals
Category:Politicians from Jammu and Kashmir