While pressing for resolution of the Kashmir issue on humanitarian grounds, chairman Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani said that with the right to protection of life, property and honour, the right to self-determination is an important right of every person and to snatch this right from any person is a grave human rights violation.According to a statement issued, he said that the former Prime Minister of India Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee had promised to solve the Kashmir Issue on humanitarian grounds but neither was it fulfilled nor the atrocities ended on the people of Kashmir.
On this occasion one day blood donation camp organized by Tehreek-e-Hurriyat and “Syed Ali Geelani Blood Bank”, the Hurriyat Chairman said that Kashmir is neither any communal issue nor do we have any enmity with the India or its people.“To respect humanity is a vital part of our religion and we treat everybody irrespective of his religion as our brother in human relation. The life of a human is the most respectable thing in front of us and we believe that to kill any innocent person is equal to killing of whole humanity.”Geelani said that with the international level of political issue, Kashmir is human issue also and due to its lingering, the millions of people are suffering here. “We want that the Indian rulers should also look at this issue with human eyes and they should help the people of Kashmir in obtaining their birth and basic right.”
While giving reference of the former Prime Minister of India Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, the pro-freedom leader said that he was the first Prime Minister of India who talked the resolution of Kashmir within the ambit of humanity. “But till now it was never implemented on the ground. Even today India want to suppress the genuine voice of Kashmiris with its military might and the worst kind of atrocities are unlashed over them. Indian rulers have made it an issue of ego and they are turning away their faces from the live and solid reality of Kashmir.”
While explaining the objectives and need of setting up of “Syed Ali Geelani Blood Bank” the pro-freedom leader said that during the mass uprising of 2008 and 2010 hundreds of people were killed, while as thousands of people were injured. “Due to the shortage of blood in hospitals for injured persons, we faced lot of difficulties. He said that the people who were being admitted in hospitals and who were in need of blood and were approaching our office in this regard, become the basic reason for setting up this blood bank.”
This blood bank was established merely on humanitarian bases and our goal is to help everybody irrespective of religion, cast, creed or nation and to save the precious human lives. Geelani said that thousands of youth want to donate their blood on our appeal but the hospitals have limited storage capacity available, so we want to expand the sphere of this blood bank in future. “We want that it should have its own structure so that we can store more blood there.”
He said that in this regard we have made a long time policy under the banner of “Mili Trust Jammu & Kashmir” so that this institution will serve the people at every level. While appealing the financially sound people for the financial help, Geelani said that this work is not possible without the support of people and we hope that the nation will not disappoint us in this respect.Meanwhile the Hurriyat spokesman said that today hundreds of youth came to donate their blood at Hyderpora but the hospital having limited capacity could only accommodate 70-72 blood points. Those youth who could not donate their blood returned disappointed but they were assured that after the Eid-ul-Fitr, we are going to organize a mega blood donation camp in which these youths will be given priority.had no policy vis-à-vis Kashmir resolution.