Separatists welcome AI report

Report eyeopener for world: Saghar

Islamabad, March 22: Separatists have hailed the Amnesty International report calling for an end to arbitrary arrest revocation of Public Safety Act.

Appreciating Amnesty’s report, APHC-M Pak chapter, convenor, Mehmood Ahmed Saghar has termed it as an eye-opener for the world community. “The report serves as an eye opener for the international community that has unfortunately maintained criminal negligence over deteriorating human rights situation in Kashmir”, Saghar said in a statement from Islamabad.

“It is high time that the international community should come forward and impress upon the GoI to stop killing of innocent civilians”, he added. JKLF leader Rafique Ahmed Dar said, “The report vindicated our stand on human rights violations being inflicted on innocent Kashmiris by armed forces”.

WELCOME DEV: HIZB
 Hizbul Mujahideen has welcomed the Amnesty report, describing it a welcome development.
“Though late, some international institution has taken cognizance of Kashmir and issued a factual report,” said the outfit chief spokesman, Ahsan Illahi in a statement from Pakistan Administered Kashmir.
Illahi said, “The outfit will welcome every individual and institution that highlights human rights violations being perpetrated in Jammu Kashmir for the past 63 years and draw the attention of international community to the Kashmir issue. The Government of India has deployed 10 lakh armed forces in the State to suppress the freedom struggle.”
Illahi hoped that the United Nations would take cognizance of the AI report and fulfill its responsibilities in stopping rights abuses in J&K and take steps to make India implement its resolutions to resolve Kashmir.