Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party concerned over surge in state terrorism in IoK, plight of Kashmiri prisoners 

SRINAGAR, Nov 9 (SABAH): Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) has voiced it’s serious concern over the rising incidents of state terrorism, killings of Kashmiri youth and plight of the Kashmiri prisoners languishing in jails in and outside Kashmir.

In a statement issued on Thursday, the DFP Spokesman Advocate Arshad Iqbal said that the Indian occupation forces have turned the Kashmir valley into a slaughter house where innocent and educated youths were killed in fake encounters after being labeled as “terrorists”.

He said that human rights defenders have time and again raised their voice against the continued bloodshed and violence in the region but India’s human rights abusing regime has turned a blind eye towards the plight of Kashmiris.

The spokesman said that it was quite unfortunate that the Indian occupation forces have been murdering innocent Kashmiris to fulfill their desire for material gains, seeking incentives and promotions. He said that extermination of Kashmiri employees from government services was yet another tool the occupation authorities have been using to strangulate Kashmiris economically.

Expressing his party’s grave concern over the continued detention of the party president, Shabir Ahmed Shah and other Kashmiri political leaders, including Mussrat Alam Bhat, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Aasiya Andrabi and others, said that the profreedom leadership was being punished and persecuted for raising their voice for the voiceless people and India’s brutal suppression against Kashmiris.

He said that along with political leadership, human rights defenders, journalists and members of civil society were being victimized for documenting and reporting serious human rights violations.

He said that it was quite alarming that illegal detention of Hurriyat leaders and rights activists were being extended every now and then by India’s kangaroo Courts. Arresting Kashmiri human rights defenders and journalists, he said, was part of the BJP government’s clamp-down campaign to suppress the dissenting voices and make sure that no one raises his/her voice against the brutalities inflicted upon Kashmiris.
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