Srinagar, Feb 24 (KNS): Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik on Friday said that ‘Kunan-Poshpora mass rape is a haunting reality of Indian oppression in Jammu Kashmir.’
In a statement issued to KNS, Malik said, “Savagery exhibited by Indian army at Kunan-Poshpora and no criminal penalized yet exposing the ugly face of Indian democracy in Jammu Kashmir.”
Terming Kunan-Poshpora “mass rape by Indian army” and forces as ‘glaring example of Indian oppression in Jammu Kashmir’, JKLF chairman said, “Indians use attacks on the chastity of women as a war-tactic and Kunan-Poshpora was the beginning of this ugly Indian terrorism in Jammu Kashmir.”
He said that more than two decades have passed but till date no one among those who committed crime at Kunan-Poshpora have been booked or penalized which also clarifies the ‘farce of Indian democracy’ in Jammu Kashmir.
Malik said that attacking chastity of women is considered as a crime all over the world and international community especially the western powers always champion the cause of women empowerment and women rights.
“Ironically, international community, especially the west are not much bothered about the rights of Kashmiri women and even carry out no lip services to condemn the oppression unleashed by Indian state against them in Jammu Kashmir, which is criminal and highly deplorable,” said Yasin Malik.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
Meanwhile, the JKLF spokesman said that the party leaders and activists along with people from other walks of life today staged a peaceful protest near Budshah chowk Lal chowk against Kunan-Poshpora incident.
JKLF leaders including Showkat Ahmad Bakhshi, Noor Muhammad Kalwal, Javed Ahmad Zargar, Muhammad Yasin Butt, Siraj ud din Mir, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, and Muhammad Sideeq Shah, Ashraf bin Salam and others participated in the rally and protest sit-in.
Resistance leaders Mukhtar Ahmad Sofi and Muhammad Ramzan Khan also took part in the protest program.
Leaders and activists displaying placards and raising slogans against ‘attacks on women’ marched towards Lal-chowk and staged a protest sit-in near Budshah chowk.
JKLF vice chairman Showkat Ahmad Bakhshi and others addressed the rally and sit-in.
While condemning the Kunan-Poshpora criminal act by Indian army, JKLF leaders said that victims of Indian oppression and state sponsored terrorism have been deprived of justice till today which is highly condemnable.
The rally and sit-in according to the spokesman concluded peacefully. (KNS)