Chairman Hurriyat (G) Syed Ali Geelani continued to remain under house detention and he was today third time in this holy month of Ramadan and 12th time in 2016 forcibly stopped from taking part in the Friday prayers.While strongly condemning the government actions, Hurriyat (G) said that it is not only a sheer injustice and grave human rights violation but it is also a great sin to stop a person from taking part in prayers and other religious duties or to denied his freedom rights.
Hurriyat (G) spokesman Ayaz Akbar also condemned that continuous house imprisonment of senior pro-freedom leader and Hurriyat Secretary General Shabir Ahmad Shah and said that his political activities have been completely banned by the government ever since he had joined the Hurriyat Conference.While terming the imprisonment of JKLF leader Mohammad Yasin Malik, Bilal Siddiqi, Hakeem Abdul Rasheed and Showkat Ahmad Bakshi in Srinagar central jail and the continuous house imprisonment of Hurriyat deputy Secretary General Haji Ghulam Nabi Sumji as state terrorism and unjustified, Hurriyat (G) said that these leaders have been kept under the illegal imprisonment in the name of preventive detention and the Tehsildar Srinagar although can’t legally deny their bails but whenever he is being approached for that purpose, he simply leave the office and avoid the situation.
In a statement issued to KNS, while demanding the release of all the political prisoners of Kashmir including Masarat Alam Bhat, Ameer Hamzah Shah, Mohammad Yousuf Lone, Mir Hafizullah, Shakeel Ahmad Yatoo, Abdullah Nasir, Hakeem Showkat Ahmad, Molvi Abdul Ahad Sopore, Mohammad Amin Parray, Assadullah Parray, Mehraj-ud-din Nandah, Fayaz Ahmad Dass, Ashiq Hussain Narchoor, Ishfaq Ahmad Quotwal, Adil Ahmad Wagay, Danyal Ismaiel And Zubair Ahmad Turray before the Eid, Hurriyat (G) said that the RSS backed PDP government has converted the state into a major jail and the Mehbooba Mufti headed unit has started a war against the pro-freedom people. The PDP in its election manifesto had although promised about the political freedom and space but the matter of fact is that the doors of prisons have been opened and the people are being imprisoned without any justifications.Hurriyat (G) spokesman reminded that in Omer Abdullah led government, Mehbooba Mufti used to condemn the continuous house detention of Geelani and was displaying sympathy for the pro-freedom leader but now when she came into power, she break all the previous records of cruelty and oppression and instead of setting Geelani free, she increased the police force around his residence.Spokesman said that the Syed Ali Geelani was although imprisoned in 2010 but his detention in 2016 is stricter than before.
Now no media related person is allowed to meet Syed Ali Geelani and the police personals standing outside the residence of the pro-freedom leader whenever found any person with camera there, they not only stop him but they mistreat and misbehave with him and even snatch his professional camera. Mehbooba Mufti government has made fanatic type of additions in the imprisonment of Syed Ali Geelani like the police vehicle which stands blocking the main entrance gate here has been painted with white color which looks like a mobile clinic or dispensary because the word ‘Police’ has also been painted white.Spokesman said that now the police personals are not only deployed outside the house of Syed Ali Geelani but a special police force in civic has been spread all over the mohalla as if there is any rebel commander inside the house and he will attack anytime. Spokesman in his statement said that it is shame for the Mehbooba Mufti and her other colleagues that they are so scared of this 86 years old leader that he is not allowed to even speak to the media.
He said that Syed Ali Geelani is not an individual now but he has become a symbol of an ideology and his ideology can’t be imprisoned with him in his house. Every matured and intelligent youth of Jammu & Kashmir is a Syed Ali Geelani now and they are standing like a rock against the forced occupation of India.Hurriyat (G) spokesman while addressing the human rights organizations and the world community that by not taking any serious notice of the illegal and illogical continuous imprisonment of Syed Ali Geelani, they are putting a big question mark over their credibility in Jammu & Kashmir and their silence in this regard negates their all claims. (KNS)