Srinagar : Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik on Thursday expressed deep grief at the death of Manan Wani and his associate Ashiq Hussain Zargar at the hands forces in Handwara. Recounting the killing of thousands of youth by forces whether freedom fighters or civilians, JRL in a statement issued said that “it is an immense tragedy of Kashmir that our budding youth , professors and engineers ,intellectuals and writers like Manan, the future of our nation, are paying the price of the greed and follies of those, who since 1947 misled the people through deceit and in violation of international principles of humanity and justice, pushing them under the yoke of occupation for the past 71 years now.”
JRL said “today, our fourth generation is bearing the brunt of that fraud and manipulation. Forced by broken promises of India, non implementation of UN resolutions, deployment of lakhs of military troops to control their land and the resultant severe repression and human rights abuses of its people, hundreds of our bright and budding youth take to arms and in the process sacrifice their precious lives to break the shackles of occupation so that people of this land can get an opportunity to determine their destiny and future.” JRL said that “no nation wants to shoulder the coffins of their youth, it is most painful, but when oppression and subjugation reaches its height as is the case in Kashmir, people especially the young are forced and under pressure to stand up to resist it. Govt. of India has pushed our youth to such a fate.”
JRL said the nation pays homage to these fearless sons of the soil and their sacrifice. It urged people to observe a complete shutdown tomorrow Friday October 12th to pay homage to Manan and his associate and protest such killings which are the result of occupation. The Leadership also strongly condemned the killing of pro freedom activist, Tariq Ahmed Ganai at Meemander, Shopian at the hands of unidentified gunmen, before this incident JRL said that many pro freedom activists have been targeted by unidentified gunmen and it seems that under a well thought of plan, some forces are strengthening the hands of unidentified gunmen to kill pro-freedom leaders and activists.
JRL also strongly opposed the re-establishment of forces camps in Khudwani, Redwani, Kulgam, Shopian, and Alamgari Bazar, Khon khan near Transport Yard, stating that it’s a new ploy of the authorities to instill fear among the local population of these areas The leadership said because of the construction of new camps, people in many areas of south Kashmir have started migrating to safer places. JRL said that fact remains Kashmir is already world’s highest militarised zone where every area has a forces bunker and camps that has already made the life of people miserable. The leadership demanded immediate removal of all the camps.
