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Human Rights Report declares 2016 for IHK as ‘Epidemic of Dead Eyes

ISLAMABAD,(MILLAT+APP): Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar
Farooq released Human Rights Report 2016, prepared by the human
rights division of the amalgam.
According to the report, the number of killings of
civilians, militants and armed forces’ personnel were higher this
year compared to 2015, Radio Srinagar reported.
The report said that the summer of 2016 “will go into the
history of Kashmir as a season of ‘Epidemic of Dead Eyes’ due to
the high magnitude of the havoc created by pellet guns”.
The report lays a special focus on the killings and injuries
of civilians post the July 8 killing of young militant commander
Burhan Wani in an encounter with government forces in south
Kashmir.
It said that human sufferings touched new heights during
this year and “this was a horrifying scenario which the valley has
not seen since 1989.