Srinagar, July 27 (KNS): Continuing with their dictatorial policies, the government Wednesday imposed severe curfew and restrictions to sabotage the ‘Kulgam Chalo’ programme given by the unified resistance leadership as per which people of Kashmir and the resistance leaders had to gather in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district and pay tributes to the youth of Kulgam who were martyred recently and express sympathy and solidarity with their families and people of the area.
However, Hurriyat (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq, who has been under continuous house arrest, when he came out residence, was stopped by a large contingent of Police and paramilitary forces stationed outside his residence and taken into custody.
According to a statement issued to KNS, on the occasion, while speaking to media persons, the Mirwaiz condemned the government’s action of using excessive force to sabotage the unified resistance leadership’s programme of ‘Kulgam Chalo’ saying that stopping them from paying tributes to the martyrs of Kulgam district and expressing solidarity with their families and locals was extreme form of oppression and barbarism, which was developing more anger among the people as they are not allowed to express themselves by protesting peacefully.
Terming the statement of Indian security establishment that pellet gun is not a lethal weapon as attempt to mislead people he said what could be more lethal that the weapon that had already made people handicapped, maimed and blinded. calling for immediate revocation of black laws like the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and stopping the government forces from using lethal weapons against peaceful protestors, the APHC Chairman said people should be allowed to express grief and convey their aspirations instead of being subjected to excessive force and military might to trample upon their basic human, democratic, political and religious rights.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelStressing that the economic packages employment allurements, benefits and favours would not solve Kashmir issue, the Mirwaiz said it is not a law and order issue but a political issue which needs to be solved by granting the right to self-determination to the people only then peace and stability would remain elusive in the region.
Meanwhile, a spokesman of APHC acknowledged and appreciated the role of local and foreign media persons in discharging their professional duties while highlighting the ongoing situation and state-terrorism in Kashmir.
Condemning the behaviour of some miscreants who had misbehaved with the correspondent of Press TV, the spokesman appealed people to be aware of such elements and not allow them to succeed. The APHC spokesman also condemned the continued arrests and house arrests of APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Dr. Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq, senior resistance leader Syed Ali Geelani, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chief Muhammad Yasin Malik, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Mukhtar Ahmad Waza, Advocate Shahid-ul-Islam, Javed Ahmad Mir, dozens of other resistance leaders and activists and the will of the resistance leadership cannot be broken said by these tactics. (KNS)