Srinagar
Peaceful protests were held after congregational Friday prayers in Srinagar following the protest call by Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohd Yasin Malik against the killing of civilians in Khudwani Kulgam, Shopian and indiscriminate use of pellets and vandalizing properties.
The spokesman in a Statement said that Hurriyat Conference organized a peaceful protest at Hyderpora Srinagar against the killing spree and besides large number of people and leadership including Syed Mohammad Shafi, Rameez Raja, Mudasir Ahmad, Sajad Ahmad Mir, Abdul Ahad, Sajad Ahmad Pala, Ishfaq Ahmad Khan, Gowhar Ahmad and Mohammad Umar and others participated.
Addressing protestors and people, the leadership said that the growing aggression against unarmed and peaceful people in the state has touched the alarming line and turned this beautiful place into a battlefield.
Referring to recent killing, the leadership said that Kashmir has been turned into a killing field where the lives of men, women and even children are not safe.
The leadership is strongly condemning the indiscriminate use of pellets against civilians, saying that hundreds of youth were the victims of a deadly weapon used nowhere else in the world, saying the fact remains unchanged; Kashmir is the only place in the world where these weapons are used against human beings.
