Yasin Malik
Yasin Malik | |
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Malik in 2006 | |
| Born | 3 April 1966 Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| 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 |
| 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. He is the chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, which originally spearheaded armed militancy in the Kashmir Valley. 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, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.