Islamabad, August 30, 2020 (PPI-OT): Senior Vice Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir National Front, Altaf Hussain Wani has condemned the use of brute force on Muharram processions in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Altaf Hussain Wani in a statement issued in Islamabad said that preventing people from exercising their religion constitutes was an interference with the right to freedom of religion.
He said India, that projects itself as the world’s largest democracy, has the worst track record of imposing restrictions on religious freedoms. “Muharram mourners in Kashmir are being roughed up by police, arrested and detained on trumped-up charges”, he said, adding that the people participating in processions were being subjected to brute force.
Terming it violation of the fundamental rights of the people, he said the incidents of violence speak volumes about the subjugation of religious beliefs and massive violations of people’s right to freedom of religion in the region.
Referring to 10 youth martyred by Indian troops during cordon and search operations in Srinagar, Shopian and Pulwama districts, he said, “Killing innocent civilians, maiming and mutilating dead bodies to create a sense of fear in the society are the common patterns of genocide being practiced by the Indian forces in the territory.”
Expressing solidarity with the victims of Indian state terrorism, he maintained that it would not deter Kashmiris from pursuing their long cherished goal for which they had offered unprecedented sacrifices.
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