APDP holds silent protest, Asks Govt to trace their beloved ones

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Srinagar 10-Dec-2016

On International Human Rights Day, the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) on Saturday staged a silent protest in Srinagar against the human rights violation in Kashmir.The protesters led by Parveena Ahanger assembled at Srinagar’s Pratap Park and staged silent protest to press the government to find out their beloved ones who are disappeared since years.The association said that the government failed to trace their beloved ones from past several years.The family members of disappeared youth, mostly females castigated the successive governments for being indifferent towards their pain and agony.Chairperson of the association, Parveena Ahangar told KNS that the government must order independent inquiry to trace their beloved ones. “We don’t want government jobs or any other compensation from the government but the only thing we demand is to trace our beloved ones,” she said.She said that the successive government has miserably failed to trace their beloved ones. “We are still having hope that our beloved ones will come one day,” she said.Ahangar demanded that India must comply with its obligations under international human rights laws.“We have been fighting for 26 years against the enforced disappearances of our children. More than 10,000 individuals are missing who were taken into custody by different Indian agencies,” Parveena said. (KNS)