Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Saturday termed Kashmir as a massive jail where the resistance leadership is not allowed to carry any activity be it political, social or religious.
Delivering his keynote address at a program on Prisoners Day ‘Youm-e-Aseeran and Youm-e-Istiklal’ organised by Jammu Kashmir Awami Action Committee at Mirwaiz Manzil at Rajouri Kadal here, Mirwaiz said Kashmir had been turned into a ‘massive jail where all basic rights of the people were being trampled upon by the State and its agencies.’
The program chaired by the Hurriyat (M) Chairman was attended by the AAC party workers, leaders and representatives.
Mirwaiz reminded the gathering that on this day (October 10) in year 1965, when Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Farooq was ‘arrested and subjected to torture for standing up for the rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.’
He said Mirwaiz Molvi Farooq to serve jail for two-and-a-half-years and similar has been the fate of hundreds and thousands of youth, Hurriyat leaders and activists for the past 25 years who have stood up for cause of Kashmir served detention or are still incarcerated.
Mirwaiz said for stifling the voice of the people, troops and paramilitary forces had been empowered with draconian black laws, which abet them to unleash “gruesome atrocities and get away with impunity.”
“The meaning of democracy changes in Kashmir and the way the activities of the resistance leadership are curtailed is a clear message to the international community what was really happening in Kashmir.”
Mirwaiz paid tributes to the Kashmir’s political prisoners serving jails in Kashmir and different hails outside J&K and lauded their resolve, steadfastness and contributions toward the Kashmir cause.
He said Hurriyat (M) was duty bound to ensure that the sacrifices of the people of Kashmir do not go waste and the struggle reaches its logical conclusion.
Mirwaiz also strongly condemned government restrictions on the ‘peaceful activities of senior resistance leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Shabir Ahmad Shah and others.’
During the programme, a resolution presented by the organisation’s General Secretary, A M Zaki was passed on the ‘Yaum-e-Aseeran and Youm-e-Istiklal’.
It was resolved that the organization would appeal the United Nations and human rights organisations like the Amnesty International, Asia Watch, ICRC, and ask it to use its good offices to pressurize India for the immediate release of the Kashmiri political prisoners serving jails in Kashmir and different Indian states and ensure that jail manuals are followed as per the international standards.
During the program, it was resolved that the international community should be asked to play its role in the resolution of the Kashmir issue, which if not resolved would pose danger to the regional peace.
Others who spoke on the occasion include, senior APHC leader Javed Ahmad Mir, Advocate Abdul Majeed Banday, Syed Manzoor Rizvi, Mir Ghulam Hassan, Jaffar Kashmiri, Farooq Ahmad Mamoosi, Abdul Rashid Antoo, Abdul Majeed Wani, Sofi Muhstaq Ahmad, Ghulam Qadir Beigh, Muhammad Shafi Khan, Advocate Bashir Ahmad Pandit, Peer Ghulam Nabi.
By RK News
By RK News
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