All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Friday expressed shock and grief over the killing of Kashmiri Pandit community member Pooran Krishan Bhat of Choudhary Gund Shopian.
In a statement, APHC denounced the killing and said that every single life lost in this manner is very painful and sad. It extended condolences to the bereaved family and expressed solidarity with them in their hour of great sorrow.
APHC said that the charge sheet accusing Fahad Shah, editor of online magazine Kashmir Walla and Aala Fazili a Ph.D. scholar of KU of so-called “narrative terrorism” after being booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, is ridiculous, to say the least, the statement mentioned.
APHC said that coining such outrageous terms to criminalize and penalize dissent and disagreement reveals the further hardening of the authoritarian mindset of the rulers.
Reporting facts, unpalatable to the authorities, has become a crime in these times for which both young men are paying a price, it said.
APHC appeals to the people of India, media watch, and rights organizations to stand up to such state repression and seek the release of all journalists and reporters from JK lodged in jails in JK and across India facing such bizarre charges, the statement added.