Kashmir Voice

Srinagar, April 19 (Kashmir Voice): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred two Kashmiri youth in Shopian district, today.
According to media sources, the troops martyred the youth during a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Zeipora village of the district. Several youth were also injured after Indian forces fired bullets and pellets on protesters in the area against the killing and operations. The operation was going on till last reports came in. KASHMIR VOICE

Pune, India, April 19 (Kashmir Voice): A Brigadier-rank officer of the Indian Army has committed suicide at the Pune railway station in India.
According to media sources, the deceased has been identified as Brig Anant Naik (57), a native of Bhubaneswar in Odisha. He was posted as head of the administration department at the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) in Wanowrie.
According to Government Railway Police (GRP), Brig Naik had reached the railway station in an Army vehicle. He asked the driver to wait and told him that he was going to the Movement Control Office (MCO). The CCTV footage shows that he had attempted suicide under Chennai Express but did not succeed. Later, he came under the wheels of the Udyan Express engine. Further investigation is going on to ascertain the reason behind his extreme step, police said. KASHMIR VOICE

Muzaffarabad, April 19 (Kashmir Voice): A protest rally was held, today, under the aegis of Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir against Indian brutalities in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir
According to media sources, the protesters were chanting slogans against Indian tyrant activities in IIOJK for turning the Muslim majority territory into a minority.
Protesters gathered at Burhan Wani Shaheed Chowk in Muzaffarabad where they held banners and placards with slogans in favour of Kashmir’s freedom and marched towards Gharipan Chowk where they set the Indian flag on fire.
The Chairman of Pasban-e-Hurriyat, Uzair Ahmad Ghazali, PPP leader Shaukat Javed Mir, Vice Chairman of International Forum for Justice, Mushtaq-ul-Islam, Usman Ali Hashim, Hamza Shaheen, Azmat Hayat Kashmiri Abdul Rauf Tantray, student leader, Umair Safid Abbasi, Muhammad Aslam Inqilabi, Auragnzaib Tantray, Qasim Khan and others were also present on the occasion.
Addressing the gathering, the speakers said, India has been illegally occupied the disputed territory for the last seven decades. They added that during the illegal military occupation, India severely violated the political, religious and social rights of the people there. The speakers said, “Tens of thousands of civilians have been martyred and thousands, including women, children, youth and the elderly have been imprisoned.” They said, India has committed a great act of terrorism by forcibly dividing the territory on August 5, 2019. Rejecting the Indian move to destroy the identity of the people of IIOJK, the speakers said that despite 623 days of military siege, all kinds of oppression and violence, India has failed to crush the spirit of freedom of the Kashmiri people. They reiterated that the Kashmiri youth were still lighting up the candles of independence by offering their warm blood.
The speakers urged the international human rights organizations to stop India from violating human rights in the territory and demanded of the United Nations to hold a free and impartial referendum in Jammu and Kashmir. KASHMIR VOICE

Srinagar, April 19 (Kashmir Voice): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the International Forum for Justice and Human Rights Jammu and Kashmir (IFJHRJK) has criticised the administration for allowing a gathering of 100 people while shutting down schools and colleges and asking people to pray inside homes.
According to media sources, the IFJHRJK Chairman, Muhammad Ahsan Untoo in a statement issued in Srinagar lashed out at the Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation, who in a presser asked people to restrict themselves at homes while allowing gatherings of 100 people in public places and gardens.
He said, the Mayor should focus on his domain of maintaining cleanliness in the city rather than lecturing people about the SOPs of Covid as this is the job of the administration and the health experts.
Ahsan Untoo said, this makes no sense that the administration has shut down schools, colleges and universities and while allowing gatherings of 100 people. “This is absurd and will not help in coping with the dangerous spike in coronavirus pandemic,” he added. He said that the surge in coronavirus cases is being driven to a significant degree by casual occasions. He said that the travellers were not tested at the airport and were allowed to Srinagar. He said there have many other cases where Kashmiri businessmen came in contact with the Indian travellers and later tested positive for the virus. “The administration should focus on stopping the travellers into Kashmir with a mandatory covid test,” he maintained. KASHMIR VOICE

Srinagar, April 19 (Kashmir Voice): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference Chairman Shabbir Ahmed Dar has expressed grave concern over the rising graph of human rights abuses by Indian forces against Kashmiris, particularly women and children in Kashmir.
According to media sources, Shabbir Ahmad Dar in a statement issued in Srinagar said, the occupational forces are trampling every institution of civility and morality by targeting innocent women.
“The women are arrested on frivolous charges and inhuman laws like UAPA are used to deny them the right to bail creating lawlessness in every nook and corner of the territory,” he added.
The protest by women to stop Indian forces from entering their houses is ground for arrest, he said and added that this arbitrary action by the puppet administration speaks volumes about the state of affairs and the situation in IIOJK, he added. Shabbir Ahmad Dar urged the international community to intervene and stop India from inhuman acts of state terrorism. KASHMIR VOICE

Srinagar, April 19 (Kashmir Voice): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Tehreek-e-Wahdat-e-Islami has expressed grave concern over the rising Indian state terrorism in Kashmir saying that Narendra Modi’s fascist government is violating the Universal Charter of Human Rights to force the Kashmiris to give up their justice-based struggle for rights.
According to media sources, a spokesman for Tehreek-e-Wahdat-e-Islami in a statement issued in Srinagar said that Indian occupational troops had intensified their atrocities in the territory where infants, women and the elderly are also being targeted to intimidate freedom-loving Kashmiris. He said that black laws were being imposed even on women for speaking out against the atrocities committed by Indian troops, while young people were being brutally tortured in front of their mothers during night raids on their houses.
The spokesman said that UN human rights experts had expressed grave concern over human rights violations in occupied Jammu and Kashmir in several letters to the Indian government. They sought clarification but the Modi government did not respond to a single letter which is a clear indication of its arrogance and stubbornness. The spokesman said that the occupation administration was tightening its grip on journalists in IIOJK with each passing day to cover up its crimes against humanity. He said that the recent IGP’s order to stop journalists from reporting on the sites of so-called siege and search operations was a blatant attack on press freedom. He said that it was the responsibility of the United Nations and the international community to bring India to book for serious crimes against humanity in the internationally recognized disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir. KASHMIR VOICE