JKLF condemned the Baton Charge and Arrest of Students in Muzaffarabad

London (April 01, 2010) Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front –JKLF- has strongly condemned the heavy baton charge of Students Liberation Front leadership and their subsequent arrest in Muzaffarabad on Tuesday 30th March 2010, Kashmir at the hands of Pakistan's forces during a peaceful demonstration in Muzaffarabad. 

JKSLF top leadership including Chairman Raja Ghulam Mujtaba, Senior JKLF leaders Raja Mazhar Iqbal, Joint Secretary JKLF Zahid Habib Sheikk and others have been severely injured by Pakistani police in Muzaffarabad and subsequently been arrested after they were severely beaten up by Pakistani police during a demonstration in Muzaffarabad. Earlier hundreds of JKSLF activists had gathered in Muzaffarabad on Tuesday morning and the police objected to the holding of peaceful demonstration organised by Students Liberation Front to march towards the Assembly.

In a statement issued from London, Head of the JKLF Diplomatic Committee Prof. Zafar Khan and President of JKLF UK Zone Haji Rauf Khan has said that such indiscriminate baton charge on peaceful demonstrations will not weaken the Kashmiri people resolve for an Independent state. They further said that such oppressive and cruel measures will not dampen the struggle for right to self determination and national dignity of Kashmiris.

M. Faiz, 

Member,

JKLF Diplomatic Committee