NEW DELHI: JKLF chief Yasin Malik who was released on April 15 from a 35-day house arrest will be holding a 48-hour hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar here from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. Malik is here to seek support from the civil society in the rest of the country (outside if Kashmir) for his causes.

"We are here to ensure that our voices are heard by the Centre and also to register as part of the civil society in the rest of the country, which played such an important part in the 1994 cease fire that helped many militant groups to take the peaceful path," Malik told TOI, on Tuesday.

There are three main demands that Malik is here with and they include justice for the 32 people who have recently been sentenced for life imprisonment in Kashmir over 2012 and 2013, for being involved in cases of militancy that date back to before 1994, when the ceasefire was declared and those like Malik's JKLF laid down their arms and moved into non-violent movement even as they continued to be considered separatist activists in the Valley. The second plea that Malik will be making is to ask the Centre to return the body of Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru, who was hanged in Tihar jail and buried there, to his family in Kashmir.

Malik's third reason for the hunger strike protest is in demand for justice for the families of those three people killed in the Machhil sector of north Kashmir by the Army. When it was later found that the three men were killed in fake encounters, by the Army personnel in the border area, the Army men were suspended and charged with murder. While their trials are going on, their families have complained of being harassed by the Army. Some of the harassed family members have traveled to Delhi with Malik and will be protesting with him at Jantar Mantar, to seek reief and justuce from the government and also to seek support of the mainstream civil society in the country, for their cause.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/JKLF-chief-Yasin-Malik-to-hold-hunger-strike-at-Jantar-Mantar/articleshow/19806768.cms

While speaking to a television channel on this occasion, President of JKLF London Branch Mahmood Faiz said that India is carrying out judicial murder of political activists who oppose their rule.  

SRINAGAR (Press Release)
Reign of terror unleashed in Kashmir is condemnable.Imprisonment of youth, slapping PSA on them is an act of putting their future in dark and hence pushing kashmiri’s to the wall. This was stated by the chairman JKLF Mohammad Yasin Malik while condemning the recent arrests of youth and slapping of PSA on them. Yasin Malik who himself is under house arrest from last one month and has been confined to one room ,said that the young Kashmiri’s most of whom are students are continuously being targeted and tortured by police and other forces. Police is pro actively raiding, arresting and searching for these innocent Kashmiri’s. This has caused a wide spread fear psychosis among the youth throughout Kashmir. Yasin Malik said that this oppression ,suppressing people through police and military might is a clear evidence of Jammu Kashmir being a police state run by police and forces. Yasin Malik said that the so called civilian government is actually playing as puppets of forces and their only job is to provide a legal cover for the crimes and acts of terror committed by these forces .Yasin Malik said that today hundreds of innocent youth including under age kids are being put behind bars through black law PSA. Innocent Aasif Majeed Shaksaaz of Hazratbal who is just 16 has been sent to jail by this act. Same has been done with Aadil Ashraf khanof Sopore, Zubair Ahmad Taray and Shakir Ahmad Mir of Shupian, Sajad Ahmad of Khanyaar etc. hundreds of others including Junaid Ahmad Wani Khawaja bazaar,Sahil Ahmad Chonka Roshan Gar Mohalla, Arooj Ahamd Bhat Srinagar, Aadil Ahmad Dar Zainakot and Dawood Ahamd of Jamia Masjid Srinagarremain in jails, and police stations while has many are being hunted for by police. Yasin Malik said that even hundreds have been released but only after paying heavy ransom. What is the crime of these young kashmiri’s. Why are they being tortured? Why are rulers playing with their future and under which moraland human law is they being constantly ill treated, asked Yasin Malik. He said that Indian government, its Kashmiri puppets are responsible for the plight of these young children but at the same time the world especially those who persuaded Kashmiri’s to adhere to the principles of non violence, who preachpeace, on violence, democracy and humanity are also equally responsible as they silently watching the reign of terror being unleashed to crush a non violent movement by Indian rulers are not even ushering a word against this unilateral state terrorism. Yasin Malik said that if the civilized world, human rights groups,civil society especially working in India and other people who believe in democracy and freedom failed to rise up to the occasion’ new generation in Kashmir will lost every faith in humanity, justice and democracy. Yasin Maliksaid that the people of Jammu Kashmir are engaged in a peaceful movement .We are fighting a nation that has unleashed reign of terror on us and that too in the name of democracy and peace and it is the moral and human duty of every democratic country and people who believe in democracy and human rights to come to the rescue of this poor nation, Said Yasin Malik.

Meanwhile JKLF has paid rich tributes to martyr Sajad Ahmad shah of Shergadi .Terming him as one of the great son of soil JKLF leaders prayed for his soul. JKLF also paid tributes to Mohammad Jamal Lone Karhama who died recently.

Also JKLF vice chairman advocate Bashir Ahmad Bhat has expressed his heart felt grief and sorrow over the demise of a young kashmiri student kabir Rashid Bhat of Wadipora kupwara who died in Pune Maharashtra .

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