In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference has strongly condemned the custodial killing of five youth in Shopian in fake encounters carried out by the Indian occupation forces in the broad daylight to hide its sheer frustration and failure to suppress the freedom sentiments and resistance of the people despite the deployment of one million troops in the territory.
The APHC spokesman in a statement issued in Sri-nagar while referring to the critical situation prevail-ing in the occupied territory said Indian perspective about the resolution of the Kashmir dispute revolves around the military solution whereas Jammu and Kashmir is purely a political issue which can be resolved peacefully through a free and fair plebiscite in accordance with the United Nations Security Council resolutions.
The spokesman pointed out that on military front India has utterly failed to suppress the freedom sen-timents of the people of Kashmir so it is better for India to accept the ground realities and shun its stubbornness and arrogance regarding the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute.
While paying rich tributes to the martyrs of Shopian, he said, we are indebted to the precious sacrifices being rendered by the Kashmiri youth and will take the ongoing resistance movement to its logical conclusion come what may.—KMS
