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Srinagar, February 14, 2013 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, people will converge on Eidgah in Srinagar, tomorrow, to register their protest against the continued Indian occupation of Jammu and Kashmir. Call for Eidgah March has been given by the veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani. It is also aimed at …
Read More »ICHR-Kashmir project, KC London hold briefing on Guru’s hanging
London, February 14, 2013 (PPI-OT): The International Council for Human Rights-Kashmir Project, and Kashmir Centre London have said that the 9th February 2013, the day when Mohammed Afzal Guru was hanged speaks volumes about the continued unethical, immoral and unjustified misconduct of the Indian state vis-à-vis occupied Jammu and Kashmir. …
Read More »Ashton urged to press India for return of Guru’s body
Brussels, February 14, 2013 (PPI-OT): The International Council for Human Rights-Kashmir Project (ICHR-KP) has called upon the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Baroness Catherine Ashton, to press India for return of Muhammad Afzal Guru’s body to his relatives in Kashmir. The Chairman of …
Read More »Indian president questioned why Guru hanged in haste
New Delhi, February 14, 2013 (PPI-OT): Indian civil society activists in an open letter to the president of the country expressing concern over the secret hanging of Muhammad Afzal Guru demanded explanation into why the state had displayed such urgency in executing Guru before those others whose mercy petitions had …
Read More »Afzal’s hanging against international legal norms: HCBA
Srinagar, February 14, 2013 (PPI-OT): The High Court Bar Association of occupied Kashmir has termed the hanging of Muhammad Afzal Guru against all international legal norms, political ethics and international political conventions. The Bar in a meeting demanding return of Guru’s body, adding that it would take all steps to …
Read More »Guru hanged on mere circumstantial evidence, Tramboo to Ashton
Brussels, February 14, 2013 (PPI-OT): The International Council for Human Rights-Kashmir Project (ICHR-KP) has expressed its satisfaction with the statement issued by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Baroness Catherine Ashton, regarding the execution of Muhammad Afzal Guru in India. The Chairman of …
Read More »APHC-AJK roundtable pays homage to Guru, Butt – Press Release issued by Kashmir Media Service
New Delhi, February 12, 2013 (PPI-OT): The APHC-AJK chapter has held a prayers session for the departed soul of Muhammad Afzal Guru, a 43-year-old Kashmiri hanged by India at Tehar Jail in New Delhi in 2001 parliament attack case. The speakers at the function, which was presided over by the …
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