Srinagar: In occupied Kashmir, the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), on the occasion of World Human Rights Day held a silent protest in Srinagar demanding whereabouts of their relatives who have been subjected to custodial disappearance by Indian police and troops since 1989.The family members of disappeared youth, mostly females during their silent sit-in at Pratap Park in Srinagar castigated the successive regimes for being indifferent towards their pain and agony.
The family members of the disappeared persons talking to media persons that their dear ones had been subjected to enforced disappearances by the Indian forces and their related agencies from their homes, streets and even roads. They vowed to continue their struggle for truth, justice and accountability till acceptance of their demand of impartial probe into the enforced disappearances and custodial killings.
The APDP leader, Parveena Ahangar, on the ocasion demanded that India must fulfill its obligations under international human rights laws. “We have been fighting for 27 years against the enforced disappearances of our children. More than 10,000 individuals are missing who were taken into custody by different Indian agencies,†she added.