Srinagar: Police Saturday arrested Hurriyat Conference Jammu Kashmir leaders when they were staging a sit-in demonstration at Srinagar’s Pratap Park to express solidarity with the Kunan Poshpora rape victims and to seek justice for them.
According to a statement issued to KNS, senior Hurriyat Conference leaders Shabir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Shabir Ahmad Dar, Muhammad Yusuf Naqash, Muhammad Yusuf Ataai and Aijaz Ahmad Mir were arrested amid pro-freedom slogans and were lodged in Kothi Bagh Police Station. Hundreds of activists present there raised strong protests over the Police action on Hurriyat leaders.
Prior to arrest, Shabir Ahmad Shah while speaking to media persons here, expressed serious disappointment over the criminal silence adopted by world bodies over the Kunan Poshpora mass rape incident and criticized the world bodies for not raising their voice against India in this regard. He also called for attention to the fact that culprits (Indian forces) of such inhuman acts are still roaming free.
“Shah during the sit-in lashed out at India and its stooges in Jammu Kashmir for not holding the cuplrits of such crime accountable. He said till Indian forces remain here, our lives, honour and properties are at stake,” the statement added.
The victims of Kunan Poshpora who were scheduled to come here along with Chairman, International Forum for Justice and Human Rights, Muhammad Ahsan Untoo, to take part in sit-in demonstration were prevented by a large contingent of Police at Goshi Pora, Kupwara and were dictated to return back.
Hurriyat Conference Jammu Kashmir questions the world conscience to how long will they maintain the criminal silence over the oppression Kashmiris are facing at the hand of India, how long will the victims of Kupwara, Handwara, Shopian wait for getting justice. But Hurriyat Conference will stand by them all time to provide them justice at any cost. (KNS)
According to a statement issued to KNS, senior Hurriyat Conference leaders Shabir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Shabir Ahmad Dar, Muhammad Yusuf Naqash, Muhammad Yusuf Ataai and Aijaz Ahmad Mir were arrested amid pro-freedom slogans and were lodged in Kothi Bagh Police Station. Hundreds of activists present there raised strong protests over the Police action on Hurriyat leaders.
Prior to arrest, Shabir Ahmad Shah while speaking to media persons here, expressed serious disappointment over the criminal silence adopted by world bodies over the Kunan Poshpora mass rape incident and criticized the world bodies for not raising their voice against India in this regard. He also called for attention to the fact that culprits (Indian forces) of such inhuman acts are still roaming free.
“Shah during the sit-in lashed out at India and its stooges in Jammu Kashmir for not holding the cuplrits of such crime accountable. He said till Indian forces remain here, our lives, honour and properties are at stake,” the statement added.
The victims of Kunan Poshpora who were scheduled to come here along with Chairman, International Forum for Justice and Human Rights, Muhammad Ahsan Untoo, to take part in sit-in demonstration were prevented by a large contingent of Police at Goshi Pora, Kupwara and were dictated to return back.
Hurriyat Conference Jammu Kashmir questions the world conscience to how long will they maintain the criminal silence over the oppression Kashmiris are facing at the hand of India, how long will the victims of Kupwara, Handwara, Shopian wait for getting justice. But Hurriyat Conference will stand by them all time to provide them justice at any cost. (KNS)