Srinagar
Hurriyat (G) chairman on Tuesday staged a protest in Srinagar against the killing of four civilians in army firing in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. As per directions Hurriyat (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, scores of leaHurriyat activists staged a protest in Hyderpora area of Srinagar and protested against the killings.
The spokesman said protesters rued the silence of the UN, international community over the civilian killings in Kashmir.
Resistance leaders and activists including Mohammad Rafiq Owasi, Meraj u Din Rabbani, Davinder Singh Behel, Syed Mohammad Shafi, Mohd Shafi Lone, Kh Firdous Ahmad, Mohammad Yusuf Naqash, Yasmeen Raja, Mohammad Yasin Ataie, Syed Imtiyaz Hyder, Rameez Raja, Aashiq Hussain, Imran Bhat, Zahoor Ahmad Beg and Nisar Ahmad led protest march against recent civilian killing by forces in Kashmir.
Police arrested Syed Imtiyaz Hyder and forces in large numbers intercepted and not allow them to move towards Lal Chowk, a spokesman added.
The protesters were carrying banners displaying messages like “Stop civilian killings”, “Stop Genocide, Civilian killings unacceptable”, and also in favour of civilian’s killings especially recent innocent killings, Gowher Ahmad Lone, Shahnawaz Ahmad Wagey, Zahid Ahmad Chopan Suhail Ahmad Wagey, Shahid Ahmad Khan, and Manzoor Ahmad Lone in Shopian.
“What was the sin of innocent civilians and why Kashmiri youth are being killed and why is international community silent on these killings?” He said that this killing spree cannot be tolerated silently and Kashmiris will resist this “genocide” with passion and valour.
They have waged war on innocent civilians, leaders said and blamed state administration for shielding and providing cover to assailants, added leadership.
The leaders condemned the police raids and said that authorities on Sunday arrested JKLF Chairman Mohd Yasin Malik, Hurriyat General Secretary Haji Ghulam Nabi Sumji, Spokesman, Gh Ahmad Gulzar, Bilal Sidiqee, Mohd Yusuf Makroo, Mohammad Ashraf Laya, Umer Aadil Dar, Kh Nazir Ahmad and lodged them in different police stations.
