Geelani: Kashmiris want liberation from India
Friday, 12 November 2010 21:04
Srinagar, November 12, 2010: All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has urged India to realise ground realities and give Kashmiris their right of Self-Determination. Syed Ali Shah Geelani in a statement issued in Srinagar said that the continued agitation in the occupied territory for the last over four months had proved that the people of Occupied State of Jammu & Kashmir (OSJK) did not want to live with India but wanted liberation from its bondage.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani also denounced the crackdowns by occupation authorities against different Hurriyat leaders. He said that India wanted to suppress the Kashmiris ongoing "Quit Kashmir Movement" through use of brute force but it would never succeed in its nefarious designs.
APHC Chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani had said that New Delhi had used every brute tactic to prevent the people from raising voice for their inalienable right. The people of Kashmir will continue their just struggle despite all odds till its logical conclusion, he vowed.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani expressed concern over the deteriorating health of illegally detained Kashmiri Hurriyat leaders and activists, languishing in different jails and interrogation centres of India and the occupied valley. He demanded of their immediate unconditional release.
The authorities placed the APHC Chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and many other APHC senior leaders. Meanwhile, authorities have also not lifted the siege of the house of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who was arrested after he came from New Delhi on October 24 after attending a seminar there and was put him under house arrest at his Hyderpora residence in Srinagar.
APHC leader and the Acting Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League (JKPL), Mukhtar Ahmad Waza has expressed serious concern over the plight of illegally detained pro-freedom leaders and activists, languishing in different jails in and outside the territory.
Mukhtar Ahmad Waza in a statement issued in Srinagar said that the unlawfully detained Hurriyet leaders and activists including Yasmeen Raja, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, Mian Abdul Qayoom and Ghulam Nabi Shaheen were suffering from different ailments due to the lack of proper medical facilities in jails.
He urged India to give up its unrealistic stance on Kashmir and take concrete steps to resolve the dispute in accordance with the Kashmiris aspirations. India must acknowledge Kashmirs disputed nature and amicably settle it according to the peoples wishes by giving them the right of Self-Determination, he added.
Waza strongly denounced the continued curfew in Sheer, Delina and Palhalan and accentuated that India would not be able to suppress Kashmiris just struggle through use of brute force. He appealed the United Nations, Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and human rights organisations including Amnesty International and Asia Watch to put pressure on India for early settlement of the lingering dispute.
The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League (JKPFL), Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, has denounced the gross human rights violations perpetrated by Indian troops in Occupied State of Jammu & Kashmir (OSJK).
Muhammad Farooq Rehmani in a statement issued in Islamabad said that New Delhi was utilising every brute tactic to suppress the ongoing "Quit Kashmir Movement". Kashmiris have rendered matchless sacrifices for liberation movement and they will continue their struggle till complete success, he added
He said that the occupation authorities were illegally detaining the innocent Kashmiri people for raising voice against the Indian state terrorism in the territory. Rehmani said that the day was not away when the people of the occupied territory would get rid of Indian bondage.
The Chairman of JKPFL reiterated the pledge to continue liberation movement despite all odds. He also demanded of the United Nations to resolve the longstanding Kashmir dispute in accordance with Kashmiris aspirations so that permanent peace could be established in South Asia.
The Chairman of Kashmir Centre Brussels, Barrister Abdul Majeed Tramboo has denounced the use of brute force against innocent Kashmiris in Pattan by Indian troops. Barrister Abdul Majeed Tramboo in a statement issued in Brussels said that the occupation troops resorted to heavy lathi charge and severely injured Kashmiri youth, doctors and teachers. On one hand, the occupation authorities have unleashed reign of terror across the territory and, on the other, India is talking about negotiations, he added.
He expressed concern over the harassment of Hurriyat leaders, illegal detention of pro-freedom leaders and restrictions imposed by the occupation authorities on Kashmiris to perform religious duties at their respective holy places.
Paying glowing tributes to Arif Ahmad Matta, a Kashmiri, resident of Chankral Muhallah, who was martyred by Indian troops, he said that the troopers were using brute tactics to suppress peoples struggle against illegal Indian occupation.
A teenaged boy, who was battling for life after being hit by a teargas shell of paramilitary forces during protests last year, succumbed to injuries, today.
The 14-year-old, Mohammad Aarif Butt died on Friday morning at his residence in Habbakadal area of the Srinagar city and was laid to rest at Eidgah graveyard.
He was hit by a tear smoke shell fired by paramilitary forces to quell protests at Maisuma near Budshah Chowk in October last year. He had later slipped into coma at the hospital. He was shifted to his house, where he was under treatment, for the past several months.
At least 20 civilians including a local doctor were injured when troopers and police went on a beating spree indiscriminately in Pattan area of Occupied State of Jammu & Kashmir (OSJK). Six persons were also detained from the neighbouring Palhallan area.
The locals of Pattan said that troopers barged into the residential houses and a girls school and beat inmates and teachers. The residents stated, the troops, comprising 29 Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force and Special Operations Group, brandishing sticks and sophisticated weapons, started house to house searches in different Pattan localities like Gojri Mohalla, Jamia Mohalla, Wani Mohalla, Ahangar Mohalla and beat the inmates without any reason.
The troopers also smashed windowpanes and damaged houses. They said that due to intimidation by troops, many youth had to flee from the area to save themselves from getting beaten. The residents said that the beating spree started on Wednesday evening when troops and police laid siege of Bazaar Mohalla, Kandhar Mohalla, Gashiwara, Teli Mohalla, Gori Mohalla, Wani Mohalla and Sofi Mohalla.
In Palhallan, the locals said, police and CRPF raided Tantray Mohalla and detained six youth and beat people without any rhyme. The CRPF troopers along with army also barged into Girls Middle School, Goshbug, and went on a beating spree. Panic spread in the entire school, an eyewitness said adding, They beat up teachers.
Hospital authorities in Pattan said they treated six people with one having grievous injuries. They said Abdul Majid Gojri received six stitches in his head as he was severely beaten by the troopers. At Bakhipora Rafiabad, teachers in a Government school were threatened by police after the former refused to show them the attendance register.
Forceful anti-India and pro-liberation demonstrations rocked Srinagar, Budgam, Baramulla, Sopore and other towns of OSJK. People took to streets, shouting high-pitched slogans to press their demand of freedom from Indian bondage. The troops fired teargas shells and resorted to heavy baton charge to disperse demonstrators. Clashes were witnessed all along the day between the protesters and Indian police in Noorbagh, Qamarwari, Nowhatta, Habba Kadal, Sopore and Baramulla.
In Hajan, liberation leaders addressing a protest demonstration asked India to accept ground realities and come forward to resolve the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the Kashmiris aspirations. APHC Chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelanis house and his offices in Haiderpora were besieged by Indian paramilitary troopers, preventing him and his party workers from offering Juma prayers.
The authorities also placed APHC leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and other leaders under house arrest. Due to restrictions, the Mirwaiz Umar Farooq could not offer Juma prayers for the 9th consecutive Friday.
A teenaged boy, battling for life after being hit by a teargas shell of paramilitary forces during pro-liberation protests died, today, at Habba Kadal in Srinagar. An Indian trooper was killed in an attack at Krankshun in Sopore.
Geelani: Kashmiris want liberation from India
