Srinagar, April 13: Hurriyat Conference (G) organized a peaceful protest at Hyderpora here against the killing spree and said “the growing Indian aggression against unarmed and peaceful people in state has touched the alarming line and turned this beautiful place into a battle field”.
“Under a well-thought-out plan, the Indian authorities, forces and their henchmen are carrying genocide,” the Hurriyat (G) leaders, according to a statement, said while addressing the protesters.
Referring to recent killings, the leadership said that Kashmir has been turned into a killing field where the lives of men, women and even children are unsafe.
“Killings in Khudwani Kulgam and Shopian are worst form of state sponsored terrorism. Authorities are desperate to cover their gruesome and inhuman acts and shielding criminals under the garb of ‘mistaken identity, cross firing and stray bullets’,” they said.
The leaders expressed deep anguish over the continuous silence of the international community.
Criticizing “Delhi groomed henchmen” for their rhetoric about the “so-called” democracy and freedom of speech, the leaders said their tall claims about freedom of expression and democracy stand exposed as they didn’t dare to face pro-freedom leadership but resorted to vandalism, arresting leadership, imposing restrictions, bullying and denying political space to leadership.
The leaders appealed Amnesty International, Asia Watch, and other international organizations for human rights to break silence and take cognizance of the plight of the “suppressed and oppressed” people of Jammu and Kashmir. (GNS)