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Protest Rally Show of Solidarity With Kashmiri Students Studying in Indian States: Yasin Malik
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Friday, 7 March 2014
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Srinagar: Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
(JKLF) Mohammad Yasin Malik was today arrested along dozen others when he was
leading a protest rally towards Lal Chowk against expulsion ,torture and
harassment of Kashmiri students in Indian states.
Besides Yasin
Malik many other leaders of JKLF including Noor Mohammad Kalwal, Showkat Ahmad
Bakhshi, Javed Ahmad Zargar, Mushtaq Ajmal, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, Bashir Ahmad
Kashmiri, Prof. Javed, Ghulam Mohammad Dar, Mohammad Azeem Zargar and Shahid Makaya etc were also
arrested by police. Prior
to this, Yasin Malik led an Impressive protest rally from Maqbool Manzil .the
rally was attended by students, lawyers, traders and people from all walks of
life in large numbers. Those who participated in the protest included advocate
Mohammad Amin Malla, Adv. Babar Qadri, Adv.Sheikh Sabah, and Adv. Gayoor and
advocate Bashir Ahmad Khan. Parents of many jailed Kashmir’s including father
of lifer Javed Ahmad khan.
Chanting slogans
in favor of freedom and harassed student’s, this rally started its march
towards Lal chowk Srinagar. Police and other forces had laid a siege around the
area and sealed all roads going towards Lal Chowk with police vehicles. On
reaching near Budshah Chowk the protest march was stopped by the police. The
participants offered a heavy resistance and this stiff resistance continued for
a long time. Police used Sticks and Lathes to disperse the protest and this
police action injured many including JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik. On the
occasion Yasin Sahib and other leaders were arrested by police. Despite police
Excess, the peaceful attitude and resistance of the participants of protest
march especially the youth was commendable.
Prior to these
arrests, Yasin sahib while addressing media said that Kashmiris will not accept
any Toying with the future of their youngsters. He said this protest rally and
sit in was a show of solidarity with thousands of those Kashmiri students who
are studying in Indian states and feel harassed after the expulsion of many
from Meerut university. Yasin Malik said that it was the duty of Indian state
to provide protection to these students and that no Kashmiri will tolerate any
harm or Injury of any kind to them.
Condemning the
oppressive measures taken against Kashmiri students in Meerut, beating them,
lodging a FIR of treason against them, Yasin Malik said that this all is a
reflection of India’s animosity against people of Jammu Kashmir. This is not
the first time when Kashmiri students are being targeted. We saw these inhuman
measures in 2013 also when Kashmiri students protested against human rights
abuses in Jammu Kashmir.
He said that the
leaders of India freedom struggle Ghandi Jee and Nehru also studied in
universities of United Kingdom and openly participated in freedom struggle of
India but were never harassed by Britisher’s against whom they fought the war
of freedom but Indian in contrast is torturing and toying with the future of
Kashmiri students who only chose to cheer for a team that was playing a cricket
match against Indian team. Yasin said that this has exposed all tall claims of
Indian democracy and openness.
Yasin Malik said
that in the whole world people rising above the politics, nationhood and other
things like or dislikes games and teams playing those games. They cheer and
share joy or sorrow as per their will and desire and there is no discrimination
shown on this in the whole world. In fact this is reckoned as a civil liberty
and freedom of expression, but ironically Kashmiri students are being targeted
just because Indian cricket team lost a match and these boys chose to cheer for
the winning team.
Yasin malik said
that that the people of Jammu Kashmir cannot remain silent spectators on this
issue. We cannot watch our young ones, their careers and future ruined, added
Yasin Malik. He said that it was the duty of Indian state to provide security
to those students who are studying in Indian states and are constantly being
harassed.
Yasin said that
if Indian government and civil society thinks that these kinds of barbaric
measures can deter Kashmir’s from pursuing their freedom struggle they are
living in fool’s paradise. He said that no freedom struggle has ever been
defeated by oppressive measures and even Indian freedom struggle bears a
witness to this fact.
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