Day: June 22, 2013

Srinagar, June 22, 2013 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has termed the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s forthcoming visit to the territory as a futile exercise. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq addressing a rally in Srinagar over phone said,

“The visit is going to serve no purpose until PM comes up with some concrete steps to address the Kashmir dispute. India is seeing Kashmir through the prism of economics rather than coming up with some concrete political steps. This kind of mindset will aggravate the situation and won’t help under any circumstances.”

The Mirwaiz, who was placed under house arrest to prevent him from taking part in a rally held in connection with the Founding Day of his party Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee, said that economic packages could never be an alternative to the right to self-determination promised to the Kashmiri people.

“Kashmiris want fulfilment of the promises made by Indian leaders in the past. Inaugurating railway network will not be an alternative to the aspirations of the people, who have offered unparalleled sacrifices. Unfortunately, Indian leadership has always shown cold shoulder towards ground realities here and only sees at Kashmir through an economic prism,” he deplored.

The APHC Chairman appealed the people to observe complete shutdown on Manmohan Singh’s visit to the territory on Tuesday (June 25). He condemned the curbs imposed on him and other pro-freedom leaders including the veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani.

“Government is curbing our religious and political rights. We are not even allowed to offer Friday prayers. Gilani sahib has been confined to his house and not allowed to offer prayers. The oppressive measures adopted by government cannot deter us from pursuing our struggle as nobody can put restrictions on aspirations, emotions, and thinking of Kashmiris,” he said.

It is to mention here that Manmohan Singh is scheduled to visit the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday to inaugurate the Qazigund-Banihal rail link of the Kashmir rail project.

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Srinagar, June 22, 2013 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the Human Rights Commission has indicted the Indian troops and police personnel of Indian forces for not adhering to standard Operating Procedures (SOP) while dealing with the protesters during the Amarnath land row uprising in 2008.The HRC Member, Javaid Kawoos said in his order that during the incidents all the standard operating procedures (SOPs) were thrown to winds by the law enforcing agencies.

Disposing of a petition filed by the All Parties Hurriyet Conference, he observed, “Not to say of adhering to any one of them for SOP, they have straight away resorted to firing or firing of tear smoke shells directly aimed at the vital parts of the victims leaving many dead or many more seriously injured.”

The Commission asked the authorities to constitute a high-level enquiry to identity the persons who by their omissions and commissions, express or tacit, lapsed and erred in their discharge of official functions.

It also recommended action as warranted under law against the officials who are found to have erred in their duties.

“After identifying the erring officers and their lapses, they be dealt with in accordance with the law because if they would have acted at proper time, we would not have witnessed the mayhem,” the commission said.

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Srinagar, June 22, 2013 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the forum patronised by the veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, has expressed serious concern over his continue house arrest. The forum spokesman in a statement in Srinagar said that Syed Ali Gilani had been under continued house detention from March 7 when he returned from New Delhi and since then he was not even allowed to offer Juma prayers.

He said that a petition had also been filed in the High Court of the occupied territory last year against the illegal house detention of Syed Ali Gilani but the court was yet to announce its verdict on the petition.

The spokesman appealed to the international human rights organisations and civil society members to raise their voice against the continued illegal house arrest of the veteran leader.

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