Anti-India demonstrations in occupied Kashmir

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Anti-India demonstrations in occupied Kashmir

Srinagar, January 24 (KMS): In Srinagar, the activists of Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement, a constituent of the All Parties Hurriyet Conference, today, held a silent sit-in at Press Colony against the human rights violations by Indian troops and illegal detention of Hurriyet leaders and activists in occupied Kashmir.

The demonstrators, led by the APHC leader, Zaffar Akbar Butt demanded the immediate release of illegally detained Hurriyet leaders including Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Saleem Nunnaji, Masarat Alam Butt, Farooq Ahmed Dar, Mir Muhammad Iqbal and Abdul Ghani Shah.

Addressing the protesters, Zafar Akbar Butt said that on one hand, India claims to be the biggest democracy of the world while on the other, Kashmiris are being harassed ahead of its Republic Day on Monday. He appealed to the world human rights organisations to take send their representatives to the occupied territory to take stock of troops’ atrocities on the innocent people.

Meanwhile, hundreds of people participated in the funeral prayers of two youth, who were martyred by the troops, yesterday, at Batyas in Doda. They raised high-pitched anti-India and pro-liberation slogans on the occasion. Protest demonstrations were also staged at Nawhatta, Rajouri Kadal and Gojwara areas of Srinagar.

Anti-India demonstrations in occupied Kashmir | Kashmir Media Service

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Illegal detention of Hurriyet leaders in *** condemned

Srinagar, January 25 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the Jammu Kashmir National Front, a constituent of the All Parties Hurriyet Conference, has condemned the continued illegal detention of its Chairman Nayeem Ahmad Khan and Vice-Chairman Abdul Qayoom Jan under draconian Public Safety Act.

The National Front spokesman in a statement in Srinagar said that invoking of the Public Safety Act once again on Hurriyet leaders including Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Saleem Nunnaji, Farooq Ahmed Dar and Masarat Alam Butt has proven the puppet regime’s method of governance by continuing to function as an instrument of its masters in New Delhi.

He maintained that the Kashmir dispute should be resolved by granting the right of self-determination to the people of Jammu and Kashmir as promised by the United Nations resolutions.

Meanwhile, the illegally detained APHC leader, Nayeem Ahmad Khan in a statement issued from Kathua Jail hoped that the United States President, Barack Hussain Obama will play an effective role in resolving the Kashmir dispute in accordance with Kashmiris’ aspirations. He maintained that liberation struggle would be taken to its logical conclusion, come what may.

Illegal detention of Hurriyet leaders in *** condemned | Kashmir Media Service