The J&K High Court Bar Association, Srinagar has condemned the killing of a 10th class student Nooman Ashraf Bhat of Balsoo, Yaripora Kulgam and injuring of twenty civilians, including a twenty month old child Hiba Nisar of Kapran Shopian and setting ablaze of six bikes of the locals, who had gone to the Police Lines Shopian, to collect the bodies of six slain militants.
In a statement here a HCBA spokesman said, “HCBA appeals the civilized members of the international community to wake up from the deep slumber and play their role in stopping the forces from committing the genocide of the people of Kashmir, whose fault is that they ask India to concede to their right of self-determination which is guaranteed to them by the 28 Security Council Resolutions and the promises, pledges and utterances made by the Indian leadership both inside and outside the Indian Parliament, which have remained unfulfilled for the last 70 years.”
The spokesman said that HCBA supports the strike call given by Joint Resistance Leadership for Nov 26, 2018 (Monday). He requested the lawyers to abstain from court work on Monday to protest against the killings and to express solidarity with the families whose kith and kin have been killed or injured.