Remembering the 1994 Kupwara massacre victims on their anniversary, Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani on Saturday said the culprits of this heinous crime continue to roam free and not a single person has been brought to book till date.“Although whole Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed the barbarism and brutality but Kupwara bore most of the brunt and martyrs graveyards in the district stand testimony to it,” Geelani said in a statement issued to GNS. He said countless orphans and widows are a proof of New Delhi’s “hegemony and atrocities”.Geelani said “our loved ones in these graveyards put a huge responsibility on our shoulders not to deviate for this noble cause”. He said innocent faces of the orphans and the tearful eyes of the widows are more than enough to remind every soul that these budding youth have given their blood for a “sacred” cause which in no way should be forgotten.
“Hartals and protests are just to remind our people that we owe a lot to these brave hearts, otherwise everybody knows that our already fragile economy is further weakened by such financial curbs,” Hurriyat (G) chairman said.“We want to convey to the brutal oppressor that although we are weak and helpless but we are not sellable, we can’t even think of any compromise. Huge human investment has made our movement so precious that nobody can dare to bargain it for his own benefits,” he added.
“We once again make a pledge that we will fight this oppression till our last breath,” Geelani said.Meanwhile, a special prayer meeting was held in Kupwara by Tehreek-e-Hurriyat where sacrifices of youth particularly Kupwara were remembered and rich tributes were paid to them and it was reiterated that “come what may we will continue to fight for our cherished goal of freedom”. (GNS)