Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik on Wednesday said that Women of Jammu Kashmir are the worst victims of Indian oppression and tyranny but the world which propagates women empowerment and safety seems to remain in slumber.
He said today when international community is observing international women’s day, the plight of Kashmiri women should also be taken into account and efforts should be made to save them from Indian oppression and tyranny.
In a statement, chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik on international women’s day said that Kashmiri women have suffered more than anybody else during last many decades as she had to bear the onslaught of Indian oppression more than the men.
She suffered as a mother when his son got martyred or disappeared in custody, she suffered as a wife when her husband became target and she suffered as a woman when her chastity was attacked by Indian soldiers.
JKLF chairman said that the sacrifices rendered by Kashmiri women are a glorious page of our resistance history and today when international community and India is observing the international women’s day, we want to ask them that whether they consider Kashmiris as part of humankind and Kashmiri women as part of human civilization or not? We want to know from them that do Kashmiri women also fell in the category of those about whom international community is raising its voices today.
He said that Indian rulers who claim to worship Sita, Parwati, Kali-Mata and Ganga have used attacks on chastity of women as a weapon of war and have dishonored women with impunity.
He said that Kashmiri women are most honored humans on the face of this world. Their resilience, passion, and zeal is exemplary and serves as a beacon light for all of us, asserted Yasin Malik.
He said that international community should shun its double faced policies and should take steps to safeguard women of Jammu Kashmir, who are physically, mentally, emotionally and socially being targeted and oppressed by Indian forces and their policies.