Hurriyat (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was once again placed under house confinement by the state administration at his Nigeen residence and stopped from performing his religious duties of offering Friday congregational prayers and delivering his weeklyFriday sermon at the Jamia Masjid, Srinagar.The government also placed senior Hurriyat leaders, Mukhtar Ahmad Waza, Advocate Shahid-ul-Islam and Javed Ahmad Mir under house arrest whereas Engineer Hilal Ahmad War has been arrested and lodged at Kothi Bagh Police Station.Terming the house arrest of the Mirwaiz and detention and house arrests of various Hurriyat leaders as dictatorial attitude of the ruling class, the APHC condemned the oppressive and suppressive tactics of the government and said by using force, the basic human, political and religious rights of the people of Kashmir were being trampled upon.
The conglomerate said this should be a matter of concern for the international human rights organisations and international community and nations who believe in justice and fair play.The APHC said on one hand, the state government was running in coalition with the BJP and crushing the political, economic and religious rights of the people of Kashmir by implementing anti-Kashmiri policies and on the other hand suppressing peaceful protests of the resistance leadership and freedom-loving Kashmiris against these anti-Kashmir designs and conspiracies by adopting inhuman and undemocratic measures.The amalgam said by using force and aggressive tactics, neither can the political and historic facts be ignored nor peace and prosperity in South Asia be a reality without resolving Kashmir issue.Meanwhile, a peaceful protest march led by Hurriyat leaders Ghulam Nabi Zaki and Mushtaq Ahmaed Sofi was taken out from Jamia Masjid, Srinagar.This rally was part of the united resistance leadership’s programme of staging peaceful protests following the Friday Congregational prayers. (KNS)