Srinagar, April 14, 2023 (PPI-OT): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has denounced the continued illegal detention of its senior leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and dozens of other Hurriyat leaders, including its Chairman, Masarrat Aalam Butt, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Shahid-ul-Islam and Aasiya Andrabi.
The APHC in a statement issued in Srinagar said that even in the holy month of Ramadan, despite appeals from all quarters Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and other Hurriyat leaders were not being released by the authorities.
It said the detention of Hurriyat leaders and activists defies the authorities’ claim that all is well now in the so-called “Naya Kashmir”. Not only this, the repeated closure of the historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar by the authorities also belies these claims.
The APHC said not allowing Juma-tul-Wida prayers at the historic mosque is condemnable and described it a grave violation of people’s fundamental right to practice their religion. It said such measures are a reminder that things on the ground in IIOJK are not what are being propagated to the world by a strictly controlled narrative by Indian government and huge numbers of Indian forces’ personnel on the ground.
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