In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, complete shutdown will be observed tomorrow (Friday) against the extra-judicial killing of civilians by Indian troops in Srinagar.

The call for the strike has been given by All Parties Hurriyat Conference and Hurriyat forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.

In their separate statements, Hurriyat leaders have appealed to the Kashmiri people to organise mass funeral prayers in absentia for the martyrs and hold protest rallies after Juma prayers.

Meanwhile, Indian police resorted to brute force on the protesting family members of Dr Mudasir and Altaf Ahmad Butt and civil society activists during a sit-in protest at Press Enclave in Srinagar.

Meanwhile, lawyers associated with Kashmir Bar Association held protests in Srinagar and Islamabad against the civilian killings by Indian troops in Hyderpora, Srinagar.

In Washington, families of Muslim Prisoners of Conscience incarcerated in India during a virtual US Congressional Briefing informed the Congressmen how Indian government has been jailing human rights defenders, religious minorities, journalists, students and activists in false criminal cases.