Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday condemning the killing of Hizbul Mujahieden cadre Mushtaq Ahmad Chopan during “custody” at Police Station Tral.
In a statement issued here, a spokesman of the amalgam said the police story related to the incident was unacceptable and seems totally concocted in view of the statement of the locals.
He demanded an impartial probe into the incident and said that such suspicious incidents also occurred in past where inmates were killed and tortured by the government forces in custody.
The spokesman appealed International Human Rights Organization to come forward and play their role to stop unabated killings, bloodshed, torture and rights violations in Kashmir.
He also condemned the alleged harassment of youth at the hands of Army at Ashmoji Village of Kulgam where educated youth are subjected as bounded labour at Army camps. He said youth are forced to cut grass, stone grinding etc. “He said the identity cards of youth are kept at camps so that they could come tomorrow again for laboring.”
The spokesman said that such act of forces was totally inhuman and worst type of human rights violation aimed to give a feel of helplessness among the youth. “The countries of conscience should come forward to stop this humiliation faced by the Kashmiris on routine basis.”
The spokesman expressed concern over the disappearance of Kashmiri MBBS student Suhail Ajaz at Orissa. He said the protection of Kashmiri students outside valley was the responsibility of the respective governments.
