Seminar revives painful memories of Kunan Poshpora victims
Islamabad: All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir chapter organized a seminar in Islamabad regarding the Kunan Poshpora incident, which was chaired by senior Hurriyat leader Muhammad Farooq Rahmani.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the speakers addressing the seminar said the entire humanity is ashamed of the Kunan Poshpora gang rape incident. They said this shameful and gruesome incident is a stain on the face of the so-called big democracy of India.
The speakers said despite 34 years, the victims of the Kunan Poshpora incident are deprived of justice while the Indian soldiers involved in this heinous crime are still roaming free.
They said the bitter memories of the Kunan Poshpora gang rape are still fresh in the minds of the Kashmiri people. They said the immunity given by India to its soldiers under black laws is the root cause of tragedies like Kunan Poshpora. They said this incident is a clear example of the oppression and tyranny of Indian soldiers in occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The speakers said India is using the rape of women in the occupied territory as a weapon of war. “There are immortal sacrifices of Kashmiri mothers, sisters and daughters in the Kashmir freedom movement, we pay tribute to them and assure them that we will not let their sacrifices go in vain,” they added.
The speakers called upon the international community to put pressure on India to reopen the Kunan Poshpora gang rape case so that the perpetrators could be brought to justice.
Uzma Gul, Azad Kashmir Minister Nabeela Ayub, Ambassador Naila Chohan, senior Hurriyat leaders Mahmood Ahmed Saghar, Syed Yousuf Naseem, Syed Faiz Naqshbandi, Shamim Shawl, Mushtaq Ahmed Butt, Ijaz Rahmani, Raja Shaheen, Hassan Al-Bana, Sheikh Abdul Mateen, Sheikh Yaqoob, Haji Muhammad Sultan, Nisar Mirza, Zahid Safi, Imtiaz Wani, Muhammad Shafi Dar, Mian Muzaffar, Manzoor Ahmed Dar, Abdul Majeed Lone, Adeel Mushtaq Wani, Sheikh Abdul Majeed, Nazir Ahmed Karnai, Abdul Hameed Lone, Syed Gulshan Ahmed, Abdul Majeed Mir, Manzoor ul Haq Butt, Qazi Imran, Abdul Rashid Butt, Rais Mir, Nazir Ahmed Butt, Mushtaq Ahmed Lolabi, Arshad Awan and others attended the seminar.
