Kashmiris are urged to strike during poll days :APHC

All parties Hurriyat conference convened a unusual meeting, Tuesday ,presided by Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq . In the meeting several issues pertaining to Kashmir were debated and it was said that APHC was never a part to Indian sham election process .Terming the elections as a futile practice, these kind of activities have neither affected the course of Kashmir imbroglio nor the nature of the dispute, Mirwaiz said . APHC is never against doctrines of democracy but to respect democratic norms they demand that Kashmir tangle must be resolved as per the wishes of the common stock of people of Jammu Kashmir ,which is our basic democratic right, Umer said. Despite lot of odds Hurriyat activists and its leaders have gone door- to –door too urge naïve people to stay –away from Indian elections in Kashmir - APHC appeals Kashmiris to go on complete strike during sham election days ,so as to express camaraderie or solidarity with the on going freedom movement and voluntarily a respect to the sacrifices which people have rendered since times past, Mirwaiz said.
Later presiding over the joint meeting of the Executive Committee and General Council of the APHC in Srinagar, Tuesday , Mirwaiz said that staying away from the polls had become necessary to convey to the world that the people of Kashmir were struggling for right to self-determination and not for power politics. The movement subsequent to the conclusion of executive meeting , when Senior Hurriyat leader Dr. Ghulam Nabi Hubbi reached home police put him under house arrest. Meanwhile APHC has strongly condemned for putting Executive member APHC Agha Syed Hassan Almosvi Alsafvi, Provincial President APHC Nayeem Ahmad Khan and Senior Hurriyat leader Javeed Ahmad Mir under house-arrest, and has also denounced for raiding Media Advisor Syed Saleem Geelani’s house . In the meantime Hurriyat Spokesperson deplored the death of Shakeel Ahmad Salroo S/O Ab. Salam Salroo R/O Bonigam Shopian who died due to negligence of jail authorities of Srinagar Central Jail ; APHC extends heartfelt sympathies with the bereaved family and prays peace to the departed soul.

Mahaz deplores Shakeel’s death

Mahaz Media Cell: Mahaz deplores Shakeel’s death

Mahaz condemns house arrest of Pro-freedom leaders

President Jammu Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi (MeA) Mir Mohammad Iqbal in a statement has uttered a tough denunciation for placing Pro-freedom leaders continuously under stringent house arrest. Hurriyet leaders and activists are not allowed to move-out and their movements have been cogently restricted which gives the factual face depiction of New Delhi - who paradoxically enchants for the claim, to be the world’s biggest democracy-here in Kashmir She has marred peoples honorable democratic right-right of right to self determination, Mir said.
In the attire of futile parliamentary elections ,whole of the South Kashmir has been converted into a military garrison , where countless checked points have been erected and people are asked to remain in queues for gamboling after almost every 250 yards ,which has caused redundant trouble not only to commuters but also to inhabitants of the area, Iqbal said. President MeA maintained that Kashmir is bleeding and still the conflict continues to be unresolved after more than six decades, fuelling the conventional and nuclear arms race between Pakistan and India - not only drains economy but also consumes their productive human resources -both countries have gone to conventional wars on several occasions over Kashmir and the possibility of war between the two countries has become frightening in the given circumstances of being the nuclear powers within the region ; therefore both countries must give flexibility with a new thought to their political stand, and restart the result oriented discourse on their bilateral disputes giving prominence to the core issue (Kashmir) which can be resolved in the format of tripartite consultations, respecting the desires, wishes and aspirations of common stock of people of Jammu Kashmir as the prime party to the dispute.

Mahaz Condemns house arrest of pro-freedom leaders

President Jammu Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi(MeA)Mir Mohammad Iqbal has strongly denounced to place Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference(APHC) Mirwaiz Molvi Mohammad Umer Farooq under stringent house arrest besides several other pro-freedom leaders. Even though Mirwaiz has been barred to lead Juma Congregation at historical Jamia Masjid - reveals the epoch of early 19th century: the tyrant Sikh ruler to Kashmir has applied almost same pattern. New Delhi seems to be scared of pro-freedom pacifist political activities of APHC leaders and caging them entails that their intentions are pretty clear that is to submit an the application of “forced democracy” in Kashmir, Iqbal said. Mir maintained that elections in Kashmir is a futile practice and Kashmiris better know that India is again trying to encourage puppet regimes or those who have remain part to it, through their conduits therefore all pro-freedom people of Kashmir reject these sham elections which have no bearing on the resolution of Kashmir.

Over 60,000 Kashmiris are victims of torture: Navlakha

In occupied Kashmir, a noted Indian human rights activist, Gautam Navlakha has said that every Kashmiri is a victim of one or the other form of torture and more than 60,000 Kashmiris have experienced third degree torture at the hands of Indian armed forces in the past 20 years.
Gautam Navlakha while speaking at a seminar “Campaign against Torture”, organized by Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Rights` Movement in collaboration with Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) in Baramulla, said that phenomenon of torture, which had been used from time to time as weapon by Indian troops in the Valley, would stop only when draconian Armed Forces Special Power Act was revoked.
Navlakha said that torture was considered a potent weapon in the sub-conventional warfare and India had been using it in Kashmir to curb the movement of right to self-determination. He said that it is very difficult to get justice for torture in India because there is no law in Indian constitution, which can deliver justice to the victims of torture. “Due to this reason in most circumstances it is futile to approach law,” he added.
The rights activist said that in the light of United Nations` definition of torture, every single person of Kashmir had been a victim of torture “as they had been living in the presence of 7,00,000 hostile Indian troops.” “Physical torture has evidence like injury marks etc but a victim of mental torture, which every Kashmiri certainly is, has no evidence to plead his case,” he added. Navlakha maintained that unless Kashmiris were freed from the clutches of Indian forces and given a chance to decide their future these things would continue to happen.
Another human rights activist, Parvez Imroz said that India had been using torture as a weapon of war to terrorize people and to curb the political movement of right to self-determination. “There are about four lakh people who have been tortured from a moderate to severe degree. 99 percent of all those who are arrested are subjected to torture,” he said.
Other speakers on the occasion emphasized the need to encourage the survivors of torture so that they would not feel isolated in the society. They also expressed their concern over the silence of the international organizations working on the issue of torture in different countries.

No peace is possible in South Asia till to the resolve of core issue :Mahaz

Jammu Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi(MeA) convened a weekly meeting at its party headquarters Rajbagh Srinagar chaired by President (MeA) Mir Mohammad Iqbal . While expressing serious concern over the aggravating Human rights situation in Kashmir - violated by those who claim to be guards of Law, so MeA urged upon Int`l HR organizations like Asia Watch, Amnesty international, ICRC and others to take cognizance for the prevailing circumstances of Kashmir in the background of Human Rights violations , and deputize their fact finding mission.
In the meeting it was felt necessary to insist for the removal of notorious CRPF camp tenting at Khaigam Pulwama who recently martyred one Carpenter for which local coordination committee is inculcating to the immediate removal.
was ultion teth Human Rights violations glio uring countirexs to go for weaponization and in the name of security billions In the meeting a resolution was unanimously passed to abreast Tim Roemer about the ground situation of Kashmir deputed by Obama administration as a new envoy for India. No peace is possible in South Asia till the resolve of core issue ( Kashmir)because both nuclear powers of sub-continent are at cross roads, if America voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble like a Samaritan in Asia then Obama administration must urge both the countries for negotiable settlement over Kashmir imbroglio and to seek the will of common stock of people of Jammu Kashmir, Iqbal Said.

Result-oriented talks for Kashmir settlement stressed

In occupied Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi has called for meaningful and result-oriented negotiations to amicably resolve the Kashmir dispute.
The Jammu and Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi in a statement issued in Srinagar hailed the statement of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani that issues between Pakistan and India couldn’t be settled without resolving the Kashmir dispute.
The statement said that a lot of bilateral agreements between Pakistan and India had been inked in past but they yielded no results. He said that India and Pakistan, being the responsible nuclear nations, should settle the dispute over Kashmir, as its settlement, in accordance with Kashmiris’ aspirations, would bring permanent peace in the region.

Mahaz condemns Re-arrest of Shabbir Shah

Mahaz Media Cell, 2nd April: President Jammu Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi Mir Mohammad Iqbal in a statement said that it seemed quite evident that the Indian administration was hell bent to continue detention of Kashmiri leaders which include Shabir AHmad Shah and Meraj-ud-Din Kalwal.has described this Indian “revolving door policy” contrary to their claim of being a “democratic” country.
Mir appealed to the UN secretary General, United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, International Federation for Human rights and other human rights organisations to take up the matter of delaying justice and illegal confinement with the government of India and help release the Kashmiri leaders.

Withdraw forces on both sides of LOC: Mahaz

Jammu Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi(MeA) convened a weekly meeting chaired by its president Mir Mohammed Iqbal at its party headquarters Srinager in which all the senior MeA leaders participated which include Mohammad Ayub , Mohammad Yousuf Kaloo, Jamsheed Ahmad , Mohammad Shafi Dar and Nazir Ahmad Mir -an expound discussion and deliberation was put together in contrast with the present geo-political milieu of South East Asia -rich tributes were paid to the Youth ,who achieved martyrdom in the previous week at various places of Jammu Kashmir : in commemoration with the martyrdom of Shaheed Advocate Jalil Andrabi, Shaheed Ishfaq Majeed, Shaheed Dr. Abdul Ahad Guru a resolution was passed unanimously that freedom struggle of Kashmir shall continue till to the logical end - in the midst of martyrs of Kashmir as the affirmed precious asset of nation.
To develop sustainable rapprochement between nuclear-armed countries of the sub-continent(India-Pakistan) :who contest upon the claim and counterclaim over the disputed territory of Kashmir ;which has been divided by LOC(bloody line) in this context Patron MeA Mohammad Azam Inquilabi has already propounded that the Berlin Wall (LOC) of Kashmir should be completely demolished , which will ensure a free ability of people to people contact thus can develop a collective approach towards the resolution of Kashmir ,simultaneously completely withdrawal of armed forces on both sides of LOC should be made after that Kashmiris be given a cooling period then to decide by the mode of referendum to make a decision of their fate or allegiance or the status quo which they will get, President MeA Said.

Withdraw forces on both sides of LOC: Mahaz

Jammu Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi(MeA) convened a weekly meeting chaired by its president Mir Mohammed Iqbal at its party headquarters Srinager in which all the senior MeA leaders participated which include Mohammad Ayub , Mohammad Yousuf Kaloo, Jamsheed Ahmad , Mohammad Shafi Dar and Nazir Ahmad Mir -an expound discussion and deliberation was put together in contrast with the present geo-political milieu of South East Asia -rich tributes were paid to the Youth ,who achieved martyrdom in the previous week at various places of Jammu Kashmir : in commemoration with the martyrdom of Shaheed Advocate Jalil Andrabi, Shaheed Ishfaq Majeed, Shaheed Dr. Abdul Ahad Guru a resolution was passed unanimously that freedom struggle of Kashmir shall continue till to the logical end - in the midst of martyrs of Kashmir as the affirmed precious asset of nation.
To develop sustainable rapprochement between nuclear-armed countries of the sub-continent(India-Pakistan) :who contest upon the claim and counterclaim over the disputed territory of Kashmir ;which has been divided by LOC(bloody line) in this context Patron MeA Mohammad Azam Inquilabi has already propounded that the Berlin Wall (LOC) of Kashmir should be completely demolished , which will ensure a free ability of people to people contact thus can develop a collective approach towards the resolution of Kashmir ,simultaneously completely withdrawal of armed forces on both sides of LOC should be made after that Kashmiris be given a cooling period then to decide by the mode of referendum to make a decision of their fate or allegiance or the status quo which they will get, President MeA Said.