Bhat condemns killing of four youth, use of force

Srinagar, July 02: In Srinagar, APHC leader and Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement Chairman, Zaffar Akbar Bhat has strongly condemned the killing of four youth by Indian troops firing in Baramulla town and custodial disappearance of a youth, Basharat Ahmad Yatoo in Dooru.

The APHC leader and Jammu and Kashmir Salvation movement Chairman, Zaffar Akbar Bhat in a statement while terming it worst kind of human rights violations expressed solidarity with the victim families. He said such repressive steps by the authorities couldn’t keep the Kashmiri people from pursuing the cause of freedom.

Indian armed forces had used the draconian laws in Jammu and Kashmir for torturing thousands of people, he added.

He urged the international community to put pressure on India to resolve the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the Kashmiri aspirations.