Srinagar, January 09, 2019 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the Hurriyat forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that despite unleashing the worst kind of state terrorism, India has failed to suppress the Kashmiris’ resolve to get freedom from its yoke. The forum spokesman in a statement issued in Srinagar strongly condemned the continued harassment of people during cordon and search operations (CASOs) across the territory.
He said that Indian troops and police personnel were collectively punishing the people and had unleashed a reign of terror across occupied Kashmir especially in south Kashmir by launching frequent CASOs. He pointed out that during these military operations people of all ages including elderly, women and children are asked to stay out of their house in the biting cold for hours together and youth are harassed and arrested.
The spokesman said that the occupation authorities through their repressive measures had pushed the Kashmiri youth to the wall. He paid glowing tributes to a youth, Irfan Ahmed Rathar, who was martyred by the troops in Litter area of Pulwama on Tuesday. “The sacrifices are being offered for the cause of right to self-determination and it’s time that leadership and the people stand united and keep pursuing the cause with vigour and zeal,” he said.
The statement denounced in strong terms the continued illegal detention of the forum leader, Mukhtar Ahmed Waza, for the past one week. It said that Mukhtar Waza was being frequently lodged in police station and not allowed to carry out his political and social activities.
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