#Day118: ‘We Have To Be Ready For Every Kind of Assaults Against Us,’ Mirwaiz to People

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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq at his Nigeen residence on Oct 25, 2016. (KL Image: Bilal Bahadur)

Following massive crackdown by forces in Aanchar area of Soura in summer capital of J&K during which residents were beaten, houses damaged, women and children tormented and the revered shrine of Jenab Sahab desecrated, scores of youth were injured in bullet and pellet firing one among them critically, protesting the crackdown and harassment of the people in the area, said Hurriyat Conference (m) in a statement on Thursday evening.

Addressing the protestors telephonically, the Hurriyat Conference (m) Chairperson, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who continues to be under house arrest, in his speech strongly condemned the forces for “declaring war” on local residents and punishing them through “brutal repression” for demanding their fundamental political right.

“The desecration of Jenab Sahab shrine has hurt the feelings of people but in the present time we have to be ready for every kind of assaults against us,” he said.

Expressing solidarity with the affected population and the injured youth, the Hurriyat Conference chief said, “state terrorism and trampling of human rights in every nook and corner of Kashmir has become the order of the day for the past four months but made it clear that these collective punishment against people will not deter the freedom-loving people into submission or make them give up their struggle for self-determination, as they are constantly displaying.”

He said for safeguarding the selfless sacrifices of tens of thousands of ‘martyrs’ and for taking “the blood-soaked resistance movement forward towards its goal it was imperative to remain united consistent and vigilant at all times for the adversary is both powerful and  cunning and is trying its best at all levels to sabotage the people’s struggle”.

A scene from Aanchar Soura on Nov 02, 2016. (KL Image: Bilal Bahadur)

Meanwhile, Hurriyat Conference (m) spokesperson expressed concern over the deteriorating health of Mukhtar Ahmad Waza, who continues to be under house arrest and Hurriyat Conference (m) Media Advisor Shahid-ul-Islam.

“In violation of humanitarian and international law they are neither allowed to seek medical counsel nor provided medical aid in detention, which shows complete disregard for any human right of prisoners and totalitarian policy of the government toward the resistance leadership,” the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson also condemned the continued arbitrary detention of prominent human rights defender and EJAC President, Khurram Parvez and Abdul Qayoom Wani, respectively and demanded their immediate release.

The spokesperson also asked the government to release veteran resistance leader Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq from house arrest and release of all political prisoners and thousands of youth arrested during the past four months of the on-going uprising.

Denouncing the continued ban on English daily Kashmir Reader, the spokesperson said, “it is sheer dictatorship towards the fourth pillar of democracy to ban the newspaper for reflecting the sentiments and aspirations of people and reporting facts. The government had stifled all organs of democracy and flouted all democratic norms.”

The spokesperson condemned the police and intelligence agencies for “demanding ransom money” from the families of the youth it had arrested, calling it shameful “for the ruling class and these institutions and said such immoral practices should stop forthwith”.

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