Justice Masoodi terms highway ban collective punishment for people

Retired Justice Hasnain Masoodi, National Conference candidate for Anantnag Parliamentary constituency on Saturday termed the ban on civilian traffic on the highway as “collective punishment” for the people.

“The anti people decision amounts to gross violation ofhuman rights and wrongful restraint on the movement of the people, havingdisastrous fallout on academic career of thousands of students, livelihood ofpeople, lives of patients in need of immediate healthcare and would put generalpublic to huge inconvenience,” Justice Masoodi said in a statement.

   

He said that the authorities are emboldened to take suchanti-people decisions, lacking justification on any ground whatsoever, due toovertures of PDP to anti-Jammu and Kashmir forces and facilitating their entryinto state’s political landscape.

Justice Masoodi  said, “Mass arrests, detention of religious leaders, crackdown onsocio-religious organizations stated that ban on movement on the main highwayappears to be forerunner of more anti-people programs planned in days to come.”

While demanding immediate and complete withdrawal of thehighway ban, Justice Masoodi warned people of “nefarious designs of the localcollaborators of anti-Kashmir forces who during last five years made repeatedassaults on autonomy and now wearing mask of 370 are out to do further damageto the autonomy and implement plans of anti-Kashmir forces. The clarificationsand exemptions issued are not workable on ground and won’t give any relief aspeople would continue to be harassed in the name identity,” he added.

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