SRINAGAR – In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of All Parties HurriyatConference, Syed Ali Gilani and other Hurriyat leaders and organizationshave paid glowing tributes to the youth martyred by Indian troops in Tralarea of Pulwama district, Kashmri Media Service reported.
The troops martyred three youth and injured several others during a cordonand search operation in Gulshan Pora area of the district on Thursday.
Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar said the troops, on onehand, kill the Kashmiri youth and on the other, use brute force againstthose who protest the killings. He said that the people of occupied Kashmirfaced extreme situations during and after the cordon and search operationsand the civilians were subjected to arbitrary measures and military might.
He expressed serious concern over the prevailing situation in the territoryand said the occupation authorities have virtually converted the occupiedterritory into a battlefield. “It is the stubborn attitude of New Delhithat precious lives are being snatched every day,” he added.
The Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir, Muhammad AshrafSehrai, in a statement in Srinagar while paying tributes to the martyredyouth said their sacrifices would not go waste and the liberation movementwould be taken to its logical conclusion.
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A spokesman of Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat forum in a statement in Srinagar,paying homage to the slain youth, said that Indian government through itsrepressive policies was pushing the Kashmiri youth towards the wall. Hesaid these oppressive measures cannot break the resolve of people who arefighting for their legitimate rights. New Delhi cannot misguide the worldcommunity any more about the basic ground realities in Kashmir, he added.
The Chairman of Tehreek-e-Muzahamat, Bilal Siddiqui, in a statement saidthat Kashmiri youth were rendering their precious lives for a Kashmir causeand their mission would be accomplished at all costs.