Srinagar
In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred a youth in Badgam district.
The youth was killed by the troops during a cordon and search operation, jointly launched by Indian Army, Central Reserve Police Force and police in Charar-e-Sharief area of the district. A house was also destroyed by the troops. The killing triggered anti-India protests in the area. Earlier, an Indian soldier was critically injured in an attack in the same area. Senior Hurriyat leader Professor Abdul Ghani Butt speaking at a gathering in Sopore said the human rights violations being perpetrated by India in IIOJK are intolerable and added that the people of Jammu and Kashmir would continue their struggle till they achieve their final goal. A delegation of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat-e-Jammu and Kashmir during a visit to the residence of a martyred woman in Batamaloo, Srinagar said that Hurriyat leaders and activists, especially those associated with Tehreek-e-Hurriyat were being victimized by brutal Indian forces.
Hurriyat leaders, Ghulam Muhammad Khan Sopori, Abdul Samad Inqalabi and Mir Shahid Saleem in their statements and addresses expressed grave concern over the widespread human rights violations in the territory. Paying tributes to the Kashmiri martyrs, they said that the people of Kashmir would continue to offer resistance against India’s illegal occupation of their homeland. Rights activist Muhammad Ahsan Untoo has said that he would approach International Court of Justice for an action if seriously ill Kashmiri detainees were not provided medical treatment.—KMS
