Resist this Regime of Bullets and Batons in Kashmir!

AISA strongly condemns the use of lethal weapons on unarmed protesters in Bandipora by Kashmir police. Firing by police and CRPF led to the killing of an 18 yr old boy, Farhat Dar. Two other people were injured in the incident.
While the Deputy Commissioner of district Bandipora, Shah Faisal, has ordered a probe, we know very well the nature and content of these probes. In 2010, a 13 yr old innocent boy named Wamiq Farooq fell prey to unprovoked tear gas shelling from the police. In 2013, non-bailable warrants were issued against the cops accused in that case. However, the police failed to arrest the accused, thereby effectively shielding them. Another teenager, Tufail Mattoo, was brutally murdered while returning from tuition classes in 2010. Recently, an SIT filed a closure report in that case despite enough evidence. In 2012, 22 yr old Altaf was killed by a CISF bullet during protests against NHPC.

None of these probes has been able to deliver any justice so far. We have seen how justice was denied in the Pathribal case despite a CBI probe that indicted members of the army and police. We have also seen how the Shopian and Kunan Poshpora rape cases were hushed up at the stage of investigation. There are countless other cases which never went to trial.
Whether AFSPA is applicable or not, Kashmiris continue to be treated like a subject and not sovereign citizen- both inside and outside Kashmir. Be it through denial of houses to Kashmiris in the national capital or the denial of justice, the message that is being sent out to them repeatedly is that they are not equals. This mindless violence and denial of justice, this constant inhuman treatment of Kashmiris on a daily basis speaks volumes of the brazen double standards of Indian state towards the Kashmiri people.
AISA stands in solidarity with the people of Kashmir in their continuous struggle for justice against this unending state violence. JNUSU demands an end to this regime of batons and bullets in Kashmir and the all-round offensive to subjugate and silence the people of Kashmir.