The Mirwaiz Faction of Hurriyat also known as Hurriyat Conference (M) held a ‘silent’ sit-in on Wednesday in Srinagar to demand the whereabouts of the Kashmiris missing in custody of different forces agencies since 1990.
Greater Kashmir reports that led by the Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, families of the missing persons, holding photos of their dear ones, gathered at Srinagar’s Municipal Park.
Mirwaiz said the families of the disappeared had a right to demand whereabouts of their kin, but the government has been maintaining a “criminal silence” over the issue. He referred to reports dished out by human rights groups from time to time which peg the number of disappeared in Kashmir at 8-10 thousand.
“It’s a shame for India that claims to be the world’s largest democracy. Indian Parliament has been mute on disappearances in the Kashmir Valley,” Mirwaiz said.
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