Indian brutality forcing youth to join armed struggle, says JRL

JRL holds Indian political, military leadership responsible for banning dissent, promoting violence

The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) said that brutal acts by Indian occupying forces in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) were pushing innocent Kashmiri youth towards an armed struggle, Radio Pakistan reported on Wednesday.

A statement issued by the leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik held Indian political and military leadership responsible for banning dissent and pushing Kashmiris to the brink of violence.



Elaborating further, Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Azad Jammu and Kashmir chairman Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai said that "the Kashmir dispute can only be resolved by addressing it in its historical perspective". However, he maintained that India wants to resort to violence instead.

On the occasion, Sehrai strongly condemned sedition charges against four Kashmiri female students studying in Jaipur and other Indian states.



On February 14, a deadly suicide attack in IoK's Pulwama district, killing at least 44 Indian paramilitary soldiers.

Islamabad has repeatedly urged New Delhi to respect the 2003 ceasefire arrangement, investigate the incidents of ceasefire violations, instruct Indian forces to respect the agreement in letter and spirit and maintain peace along the Line of Control (LoC). However, the violation of the truce has been continuing.

Earlier in 2018, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report revealing “impunity for human rights violations and lack of access to justice” to be among human rights challenges in the occupied valley.