Hurriyat Conference (M) today flayed the government for not allowing the pro-resistance leadership to register their peaceful protest against the civilian killings and visit the families of victims to express condolences and share their grief.
“On the hands, the government is allowing the Jammu Bar Association, with the active support of members of Indian National Congress and Panthers Part, to enforce Bandh in Jammu and take out rallies in favour of the rapists and murderers of minor Asifa. The state administration and the police are acting like mute spectators. On the other hand, the police and forces take no time to empty the cartridges of its guns and pellets while dealing with the peaceful protestors on Kashmir streets,” a spokesman of the Hurriyat, in a statement today, said.
“Kashmir’s pro-freedom leadership is not even allowed to register their condemnation and protest against the brutal killings of civilians or visit the families to express condolences and share their grief but is instead put behind the bars or placed under illegal house detention,” the spokesman said.
He said, “The shameful duplicity of PDP-BJP regime has once again come to fore as they allowed the goons and fanatics a free run in Jammu region.”
“The killing of four civilians Sharjeel Ahmad Sheikh, Bilal Ahmad Tantray, Faisal Elahi and Ajaz Ahmad Palla in Khudwani area of Kulgam district is target killing of Kashmiris. Just a week ago, 19 persons were killed in Shopian. The government feels no remorse in blowing up the residential structures, torching shops and showering bullets and pellets on peaceful protestors as more than 75 people were seriously injured during protests at Khudwani area on Wednesday alone which is nothing short of state terrorism and repression,” the spokesman said.
“Kashmiri people especially the young lot is being killed as part of genocide by the forces who are laced with the unbridled powers under AFSPA and it seems that there is no end to the killings as Delhi wants to continue with its iron-first policy in Kashmir to force people and the pro-freedom leadership into a submission,” he said, strongly condemning the house detention of its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Geelani, and lodging Muhammad Yasin Malik in Central jail time and again.
The spokesman also condemned the detention of senior APHC leader Mukhtar Ahmed Waza, Hilal Ahmed War .
The spokesman said, “On the call of Joint Resistance Leadership, a peaceful protest was held at Eidgah area of downtown despite curbs. The protest was taken out by the APHC leaders and activists against the civilian killings at Khudwani in Kulgam.”