OSJK: Geelani Urged the world to stop India from using force
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Written by KMS
Sunday, 17 October 2010 18:20
Srinagar, October 17, 2010: All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has appealed to the international community to stop India from using brute tactics to suppress Kashmiris indigenous struggle for the right of self-determination.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who continues to remain under house arrest, in a media interview in Srinagar maintained that despite Indian state terrorism, the Kashmiri people are determined to continue the "Quit Kashmir Movement" till its logical end. He urged India to give up its intransigence and come forward to resolve the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the Kashmiris aspirations.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, at an extraordinary session of Majlis-e-Shura of APHC, which was held in Srinagar, was unanimously re-elected as Chairman of APHC for the third consecutive three-year term.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has strongly denounced the continued illegal detention of the High Court Bar Association President, Mian Abdul Qayoom. Syed Ali Shah Geelani was speaking in extraordinary session of Majlis-e-Shura of APHC, which was held in Srinagar, said that political interference in judicial affairs had made the matters worse in the occupied territory. He appreciated the role of lawyers in the ongoing "Quit Kashmir Movement".
He urged the Kashmiri people to remain steadfast in the quest for their inalienable right of Self-Determination. People must endeavour to strengthen the movement, he said. Expressing serious concern over the reports that the troopers of 18-RR were not allowing women to wear veil at Lolab, Syed Ali Shah Geelani said, This is a direct attack on our honour and dignity. We will not tolerate it.
During the session, Syed Ali Shah Geelani was unanimously re-elected as Chairman of APHC for third consecutive time for a three-year-term through a secret ballot. The members of Majlis-e-Shura had moved a resolution to elect the him for lifetime but he rejected the proposal, saying that it was against the institution of democracy.
The district administration Kupwara has booked five more civilians, including two government employees and a retired Naib Tehsildar, under draconian law, Public Safety Act for raising voice against the continued human rights violations by Indian troops in the territory.
The Jamaat-e-Islami of occupied Kashmir, in a statement in Srinagar, demanded immediate release of all illegally detained Kashmiri Hurriyat leaders and activists including Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Mian Abdul Qayoom, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Aasiya Andrabi, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, Ghulam Nabi Sumjhi and Zafar Akbar Butt.
The occupation authorities continued to impose restrictions in Palhalan and Delina areas. The puppet administration booked ine more civilians under draconian law, Public Safety Act in Palhalan and Kupwara lodging them at different jails.
Peer Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din, 65, Bashir Ahmad Wani, Abdul Ahad Malik, Faruk Ahmad Mir and Abdul Hameed all residents of Reshigund Kralpora were arrested and booked under the Act in Kupwara. Of the arrested civilians, three have been detained in sub-jail Kupwara while two have been lodged at Kot Bhalwal jail, Jammu.
Meanwhile, the personnel of Indian Armys 29 Rashtriya Rifles have arrested three youth identified as Abdul Hameed Hajam, Hilal Ahmad Rather and Showkat Mir from Palhalan in Pattan.
With the continued siege around Palhalan, the humanitarian crisis in the area is worsening day by day. The siege started more than a month ago when eight people were killed by firing of Indian army personnel on peaceful protesters.
A resident, Ghulam Mohammad Tantray told media men that people had been at the receiving end for over a month now. Our children were killed, houses damaged, shops ransacked and electricity snapped. We are being punished for raising voice against oppression, he said.
Tantrays son, Ansar-ullah, 24, a final year M A English student of Kashmir University, was among the martyred. Adil Ramzan Sheikh, Mudasir Ahmad, Feroz Ahmad Malik, Noor-ud-din Tantray, Muhammad Ramzan Mir, Muhammad Ashraf Mir and Ali Muhammad Waza were the other victims.
We have been held hostages. We cant go to markets to buy essentials. In case of emergency, we have to rush patients to Sumbal hospital, even as Sub-district hospital is at a walking distance, he said, adding that it seemed that the occupation authorities wanted to starve the people to death.
Hurriyat leader and the Vice Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Muslim League, Masarrat Alam Butt, has flayed Indian forces for subjecting the innocent Kashmiris to brute force. Masarrat Alam Butt in a statement issued in Srinagar appreciated the role of Kashmiri youth in the ongoing liberation struggle against Indian occupation of Occupied State of Jammu & Kashmir (OSJK).
The ongoing "Quit Kashmir Movement" has entered into a crucial phase and the people should continue the struggle till its logical conclusion, he added. He hailed Syed Ali Shah Geelani, for his unflinching commitment to the ongoing liberation movement.
Gilani is spearheading the movement with steadfastness and integrity. He is calling spade a spade besides urging the occupation forces to leave the territory, Masarrat maintained.
The Hurriyat leader said that the people of Kashmir had rendered matchless sacrifices for the freedom struggle. He said that the occupation troops were perpetrating gross human rights abuses in the occupied territory.
while puppet administration has been talking about demilitarization of public buildings in the Valley, Indian troops have occupied an under-construction health centre in Sopore.
Residents of the area told media men that the Primary Health Centre Tarzoo had been under construction for the last five years. Few days back, the troops conducted formal survey of the building and its adjoining areas before occupying it. The troops are stationed in the main building and have occupied almost 70 percent of it erecting bunkers and barricades, they said.
The locals said that the place was selected for the PHC and thousands of trees were cut down in the hope of securing proper health care facilities for the local population. They complained of facing difficulties in reaching Sub District Hospital Sopore for treatment. So the occupation of the PHC is a serious problem for the patients here, they added.
OSJK: Geelani Urged the world to stop India from using force
