Relatives of missing people in Kashmir stage protest
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Srinagar, Oct 29 (ANI): Family members of persons missing from Kashmir Valley since the beginning of insurgency in 1989 held a peaceful sit in protest on Friday.
Nearly 50,000 people have been killed and countless have disappeared in Kashmir since insurgency started in the late 1980s which India claims is sponsored by Pakistan.
Expressing anguish over the negligence by the state government, Tahira Khan, a protester, said their voices have fallen on deaf ears.
“I have been protesting here since nine years but I never got any assistance. We just come here to protest and then leave. We had also appealed to the government to look into the matter but all the cases are still pending. They have not done anything for us,” said Khan.
“The Chief Minister Office had said that they would remove the armed forces, but nothing has happened as of now,” she added.
Meanwhile Parvez, another protestor, the said mere withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) would not solve the problem pertaining to the region.
Source: TruthDive