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Islamabad, January 31, 2020 (PPI-OT): A protest demonstration was held at the National Press Club in Islamabad, today, on the completion of six months of the military siege of occupied Kashmir. The speakers on the occasion condemned the Indian brutalities against the people of Kashmir. The protest was organized by Hurriyat Conference.

 

The speakers included Syed Yousuf Naseem, Abdul Hameed Lone, Syed Ejaz Rehmani, Syed Manzoor Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Shafi Dar, Mushtaq Ahmad Butt, Uzma Gul, Nabeela Irshad, Fehmeeda Butt, Bashir Usmani, Basharat Khokhar and Suhail Rumi. The demonstration was attended by a large number of students, journalists and members of civil society.

 

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Srinagar, January 31, 2020 (PPI-OT): The High Court Bar Association (HCBA) of occupied Kashmir has said that the health condition of the ailing Bar President, Mian Abdul Qayoom is not good. The HCBA in a statement issued in Srinagar, today, said that family members of Mian Abdul Qayoom who met him at Central Jail, Agra, told the Bar that three ECGs and one Echocardiography Cardio-graphy were conducted of Mian Qayoom at a hospital in Agra and all tests indicated serious problems including artery blockage of 60 percent which was near fatal at this age.

 

It said according to family members Mian Qayoom requires angiography and possibly open heart surgery at the earliest. He was in fact scheduled to have an open heart surgery last year just before August 5, last year, however, he was arrested, it said. “His pulse rate dropped yesterday to 44 rpm which is extremely risky and he is still experiencing spasm like pain in his chest. He was barely able to talk due to constant shortness of breath,” the HCBA said quoting family members. They appealed to the Kashmiri people to pray for his early recovery.

 

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Srinagar, January 31, 2020 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, Imam of Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid, Maulana Syed Ahmad Naqshbandi, has expressed serious concern over the continued illegal detention of President of Anjuman Auqaf of the mosque and the Chairman of Hurriyat forum, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and demanded his immediate release.

 

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has been under illegal house detention since August 5, last year, when the Indian government repealed Kashmir’s special status and divided it into two Union Territories. Syed Ahmad Naqshbandi addressing a Juma congregation at the Jamia Masjid said that the fundamental human and religious rights of Kashmiris had been usurped through military might which was highly deplorable and condemnable.

 

He urged the authorities to allow Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to lead the Juma congregational prayers in the Jamia Masjid. He also urged the authorities to release all illegally detained Kashmiris languishing in various jails across India and the territory. On the occasion, in keeping with past practice, an elegant and classy calendar for 1441 Hijri year 2020 was released. It is a joint collaboration between Mirwaiz Foundation and Anjuma Auqaf Jama Masjid and contains daily prayer and Sehar and Iftar timings. The calendar was distributed free among the worshipers.

 

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Srinagar, January 31, 2020 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred three Kashmiri youth in Jammu district, today. The youth were martyred after Indian troops intercepted a Srinagar-bound truck at Bann toll plaza on Srinagar-Jammu highway in Nagrota area of the district and fired at the vehicle. The troops cordoned off the area and started a search operation.

 

Indian police and troops arrested two persons including driver of the truck. Earlier one Indian policeman was critically injured in an attack in the same area. The troops also launched cordon and search operations in several areas of Kupwara, Bandipora, Baramulla, Pulwama, Shopian, Islamabad, Kulgam, Kishtwar, Ramban, Rajouri and Poonch districts.

 

The Imam of Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid, Maulana Syed Ahmed Naqshbandi, addressing the Juma congregation at the mosque expressed deep concern over the continued detention of the Chairman of Hurriyat forum, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, since 5th August, 2019. He said, the Mirwaiz is the religious leader of Kashmiri Muslims and preventing him from performing his religious obligations is a violation of fundamental human rights. People present in the mosque demanded immediate release of the Mirwaiz and all other illegally detained Kashmiris.

 

Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir Young Men’s League in a statement in Srinagar, today, said that it held demonstrations outside various mosques against the continued military siege and curbs on media by the Indian government in the territory. The Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Political Movement, Chairman, Khawaja Firdous, and General Secretary, Peer Hilal Ahmad, in a statement issued in Srinagar urged India to initiate composite dialogue with Pakistan and the Kashmiri Hurriyat leadership to settle the Kashmir dispute as per the UN resolutions and aspirations of the Kashmiri people. The illegally detained Chairman of Islami Tanzeem Azadi, Abdul Samad Inqilabi, in his message paid glowing tributes to the Kashmiri youth martyred by Indian troops during the month of January.

 

The High Court Bar association of occupied Kashmir in a statement issued in Srinagar, today, said that the family members of the ailing Bar President, Mian Abdul Qayoom, who met him at Central Jail Agra, said that his health condition was not good. They appealed to the Kashmiri people to pray for his early recovery. The Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party at a meeting Presided over by its Vice Chairman, Mehmood Ahmed Saghar, in Islamabad expressed serious concern over the deteriorating health of, Mian Abdul Qayoom, who suffered a heart attack in a jail in Agra recently.

 

On the other hand, a protest demonstration was held at the National Press Club in Islamabad, today, on the completion of six months of the military siege of occupied Kashmir. The speakers on the occasion condemned the Indian brutalities against the people of Kashmir. The protest was organized by Hurriyat Conference.

 

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Srinagar, January 31, 2020 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, glowing tributes were paid to human rights lawyer, Mir Shafqat Hussain, in Srinagar. Kashmir lost one of its best human rights lawyers, Mir Shafqat Hussain, on January 13 this year. Mir Shafqat Hussain was one of the very few human rights lawyers in occupied Kashmir who offered a legal recourse to thousands of detainees booked under draconian law, Public Safety Act (PSA), particularly minors, who have borne the brunt of waves of relentless systemic dehumanization at the hands of the Indian state.

 

His cousin Inshah Malik on the occasion said, “His services no matter how substantial and powerful stands only as an alibi to his personality. I write of him, not for precise emboldening of his heroism, as such is the culture around crafting an obituary but as he symbolizes to me the life, struggle and death of an occupied people. I know of him, about him, and him in more than one way. I remember him through conscious memory, as I grew up around him in my maternal home – of which he was the last and youngest son. He had a distinction to hold his views close to his heart and a very personal style to connect with people around him. He was so impressionable, people around him would often repeat in a hypnotic way his words, enact out his laughter, and his non-verbal gestures.”

 

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Srinagar, January 31, 2020 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Young Men’s League has said that it held a protest demonstrations in Srinagar, today, to condemn the continued military siege and curbs on media by the Indian government in the territory.

 

The Jammu and Kashmir Young Men’s League in a statement issued in Srinagar said that soon after the Juma congregational prayers, today, party activists gathered outside various mosques, chanting high-pitched anti-India and pro-freedom slogans.

 

Party leader, Javaid Ahmed Butt addressing the protesters condemned India for committing human rights violations and extra-judicial killings of innocent Kashmiris. He said that torture or repression could not deter Kashmiris from pursuing their legitimate cause of freedom. He said that the resolution of the Kashmir dispute was essential for durable peace and stability in South Asia. He urged the United Nations to intervene and implement its resolutions on Kashmir to settle the lingering dispute so that permanent peace could be established in the region.

 

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Srinagar, January 31, 2020 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Political Movement (DPM), a constituent of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), has urged India and Pakistan to initiate composite dialogue process to settle the Kashmir dispute as per the United Nations resolutions and aspirations of the Kashmiri people.

 

The DPM Chairman, Khawaja Firdous, and General Secretary, Peer Hilal Ahmad, in a statement issued in Srinagar said that war was no solution to any problem. They said that the people of Kashmir had been struggling for securing their right to self-determination, guaranteed to them by the United Nations through its resolutions.

 

The DPM leaders deplored that with the passage of time India deviated from the resolutions and had annexed the territory. They said that settlement of the Kashmir dispute was imperative for permanent peace in the region. They added that meaningful and result-oriented dialogue was the only solution of the lingering Kashmir dispute and appealed the international community to play role in achieving this objective.

 

Meanwhile, the illegally detained Chairman of Islami Tanzeem Azadi, Abdul Samad Inqilabi, in a statement issued in Srinagar paid glowing tributes to the Kashmiri youth martyred by Indian troops during the month of January. He said that these youth had laid down their lives for a great cause and their sacrifices would not be allowed to go waste.

 

He said that it was the responsibility of the people of Kashmir to protect the precious sacrifices at all costs. He said that the best way to pay homage to the martyrs was to continue their struggle till taking it to its logical conclusion.

 

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