Srinagar, Jan 27: In the wake of clean chit given by Army to its officers in Pathribal fake encounter case, Hurriyat Conference (M) has decided to go for mass contact programme across Kashmir to raise voice against the verdict.
Condemning
the Army verdict, Hurriyat (M) has also called for a strike on Friday.
The
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat Conference Monday blamed immunity enjoyed by
the Army under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) or the Pathribal
fake encounter and numerous other such cases of gross human rights violations.
Commenting on the clean chit to Army officers involved in Pathribal fake
encounter, Hurriyat (M) in a joint meeting castigated the Army for shielding
its men under the garb of the AFSPA.
“It
uses as a blanket for its men who commit gross human rights violations and kill
civilians mercilessly in fake encounters,” they alleged.
“Incidents
like the Pathribal fake encounter will continue to take place as long as the
Army is protected by black laws like AFSPA,” the amalgam said in a statement
after a joint meeting of the at party headquarters here.
The
amalgam also condemned the international community’s “silence over the unabated
gross human rights violations being committed by troops against Kashmiris
saying that “peace will continue to elude south Asia until the Kashmir issue is
resolved as per the wishes and aspirations of Kashmiri people.” The statement
said that the amalgam will hold a seminar – “Murder of justice by the sword of
AFSPA”— on January 29 as part of its weeklong protest programme against the
Army’s decision to close the Pathribal fake encounter.
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