ISLAMABAD: On the International Women’s Day’, the All Parties Hurriyet Conference General Secretary Shabbir Ahmad Shah has urged the global community to take cognisanse of the injustice meted out to womenfolk in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to KMS, Shabbir Ahmad Shah in a statement issued in Srinagar Tueday said the women in the world’s most militarised zone, Jammu and Kashmir, continue to be particular victims of Indian state terrorism which in turn leads to psychological distress and other mental problems among the womenfolk.
Shabbir Ahmad Shah said while world keenly champions women’s rights, women continue to be the worst victims of injustice, especially in Jammu and Kashmir.
“In militarised zones, women continue to be victims of sexual violence which in turn leads to mental and emotional trauma,” he added. Commenting on challenges faced by women in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir, Shabbir Ahmad Shah said Indian occupational forces, as part of their suppressive tactic, have victimised Kashmiri women by using rape as a war tool.
“Discourse should be initiated at world forums regarding the sufferings of Kashmiri women at the hands of occupational forces. The gory incidents of Kunan-Poshpora, Jigarpora, Chanapora, and thousands of similar tragedies should dominate the themes and the men in uniform involved in such shameful and heinous crimes be brought to book,” he demanded.
“The culprits involved in rape and murder of Aasiya and Neelofar are roaming free after being given clean chit by the puppet authorities. So, what’s the fun in observing the `International Women’s Day’ when the womankind continues to be victim of injustice.”
APHC leader Zamrooda Habib in her statement, said that Kashmiri women were living in a constant state of fear and psychosis in the occupied territory.
Meanwhile, Jamaat-e-Islami of occupied Kashmir in a statement denounced the Indian police tactic of re-arresting youth immediately after their release from jails. Agencies