Kashmir witnessing ‘vicious cycle’ of killings: JRL
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Saturday strongly condemned the killing of a pregnant woman identified as Firdousa, wife of Khursheed Ahmed Sheikh of Shadimarg, Pulwama, reportedly in an exchange of fire.
JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik in a joint statement issued here expressed its serious anger and grief over the incident.
“The gory incident in which Firdousa was killed who was pregnant by six months reflects the nature of atrocities being inflicted on the people of Kashmir,” they said, praying to Almighty to grant patience to the husband of slain Firdousa and to give her highest standards in Janah.
The trio termed the ‘brutal thrashing’ of at least people including two women at Trichal Pulwama as ‘the worst form of state terrorism and the direct outcome of the unbridled powers given to the armed forces in Kashmir’.
“In absence of any accountability forces are killing, maiming and thrashing the people of their choice anywhere and anytime at their wish and will,” JRL said, adding that “Kashmir is going through the blackest chapter of the history where in people are killed, youth thrashed, maimed, people of all ages subjected to torture and detention, properties vandalized and that resistance leadership are either confined to their house or lodged in various jails so that they are barred from raising voice against the ultimate oppression unleashed by the lakhs of forces across the Valley.”
“Kashmir is witnessing the vicious cycle of killing of youth and there is hardly any day when youth are not killed on one or the other pretext and the streets of Kashmir are turned red almost every day,” JRL said.
They said that “the basic reason for the serious and fragile atmosphere prevailing in Kashmir is the Delhis’ hegemonic approach in delaying the resolution of Kashmir issue.”
“Instead of accepting the ground realities, Delhi is following its iron fist policy by banking on its military might which has further aggravated the situation,” they said, urging the world community to intervene at this crucial juncture and to take serious note of the situation prevailing on ground in Kashmir so that people are given a sense of security.
They also urged the world human rights organizations to take serious note of the unabated human rights violations and impress upon Delhi stop its aggression on innocent Kashmiris.
Expressing serious concern over the safety and security of hundreds of Kashmiri students studying outside Kashmir and the unemployed Kashmiri youth looking for jobs there, the JRL urged the heads of various Indian states to ensure safety and security of all Kashmiris and to take steps to stop their harassment by various fanatic elements.
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