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Geelani urged the world to react
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Written by KMS
Thursday, 07 October 2010 19:42
Srinagar, October 07, 2010: After the puppet regime of Occupied State of Jammu & Kashmir (OSJK) had finally acknowledged the detentions of more than 700 Kashmiri protestors.
The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Syed Ali Shah Geelani has appealed to various international human rights bodies and watch dogs to send their representatives to OSJK to review the human rights situation in occupied territories.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani urged the international community to take cognisance of the stepped up Indian state terrorism. He denounced the illegal detentions of Kashmiri youth and innocent killings by Indian forces.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani said that the world community should press India to grant people of the territory their birthright of Self-Determination. He appreciated the stance of the Peoples Republic of China over the dispute on Jammu & Kashmir.
Complete shutdown was observed in the occupied territory today in response to a call given by Syed Ali Shah Geelani as part of his "Quit Kashmir Movement". People in Palhalan, Habba Kadal and Kena Kadal remained confined to their homes due to curfew restrictions in the areas.
Another Hurriyat leader, Masarrat Alam Butt in a statement issued in Srinagar urged India to accept Jammu and Kashmir as a disputed territory. The Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Political Movement condemned the unlawful detention of party leaders and activists including Firdous Ahmad Shah and Muhammad Shafi Rashi.
Syed Ali Geelani continued to remain under house arrest. Indian forces were deployed outside his house. On the other hand, complete shutdown was observed in response to the call given by Syed Ali Shah Geelani as part of Quit Kashmir Movement.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani has said that the pro-India parties are trying to sabotage the Kashmiris liberation movement. Syed Ali Shah Geelani termed the discussion on Kashmir unrest in the so-called Legislative Assembly a drama and an intriguing policy to deceive people of the Valley.
He said that the deceptive response of some pro-India political leaders, who shed crocodile tears on the floor of Assembly, was misleading. They are making false statements for resolution of the Kashmir dispute to gain the vote bank, he maintained. If they had a conscience, they should have resigned from the assembly and joined the people in their struggle against the illegal occupation of India, he added.
He also saluted the families of those martyred in the ongoing movement. Kashmir will never forget sacrifices of martyrs families. He clarified that even if India gave all its wealth, still it couldnt compensate the death of the teenagers and youth.
All shops, private offices, petrol pumps, semi-government and private banks remained closed in Srinagar and other major towns and districts of the Valley.
Indian paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force and policemen were patrolling roads, lanes and by lanes in Srinagar to prevent the people from staging pro-freedom and anti-India demonstrations.
Later, The Indian authorities have admitted that 724 people have been abducted since January 2009. A minister in the Indian powered regime in OSJK had said that 322 people had been booked under PSA in the Valley since January this year. These included President of Democratic Freedom Party, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, President of Kashmir High Court Bar Association, Mian Abdul Qayoom, General Secretary, Ghulam Nabi Shaheen, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, Aasiya Andrabi, Zaffar Akbar Butt, Firdous Ahmad Shah and Mohammad Shafi Reshi.
The PSA is a black law, which empowers the authorities and men in uniform to detain any person without trial for up to two years. On the other hand, Indian forces had arrested three students, Tauqeer Shamsuddin, a 9th class student, Aqib Ahmad Butt, a class 10 student and Amir Habib Tantray on charges of anti-India demonstrations from Police Housing Colony in Bemina area of the Srinagar city.
Meanwhile, a Srinagar court has granted bail to 12 persons including a 60-year-old, Noor Mohammad Rah and his 40-year-old brother, Mohammad Ayub Rah, who were booked under false cases, while the civilians were not yet released till last reports came in.
The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League (JKPL) has urged the people of Kashmir to continue peaceful struggle for securing right of Self-Determination. The Acting Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League, Mukhtar Ahmad Waza, while addressing a party meeting, paid glowing tributes to the martyrs and reiterated the pledge to take their mission to its logical end.
He said that the people of the OSJK had rendered unprecedented sacrifices for Kashmir liberation and their sacrifices would not be allowed to go waste. He also urged India to give up its unrealistic and rigid stance on Kashmir and take positive steps for settlement of the dispute so that complete peace could be established in the region.
Hurriyat leader and the Vice Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Muslim League, Masarrat Alam Butt, has urged India to accept Jammu and Kashmir as a disputed territory. Masarrat Alam Butt in a statement issued in Srinagar said that India was trying to dupe the world community by removing few bunkers from the occupied territory. The gross human rights violations by Indian troops in the territory are still continued, he added.
He paid glowing tributes to Kashmiri martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the liberation struggle. Masarrat expressed concern over the continued restrictions in Pattan Palhalan by the occupation authorities for the last 24 days.
Vowing to continue the freedom struggle till its logical conclusion, he denounced the illegal detention of Bar President, Mian Abdul Qayoom and General Secretary, G.N. Shaheen.
On the other hand, the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Political Movement, in a statement issued in Srinagar, condemned the unlawful detention of party leaders and activists including Firdaus Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Shafi Rashi, Shakeel Ahmad Butt, Fiaz Ahmad Ghanai and Raja Altaf.
Geelani urged the world to react
