Srinagar, May 16, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Hurriyat leaders and organizations have strongly condemned the arrest of two sons and relatives of martyred senior APHC leader Mohammad Ashraf sehrai and other youth across the territory.
Two sons of Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai namely, Mujahid Ashraf Sehrai and Rashid Ashraf Sehrai, were arrested by Indian police from their residence at Bulbulbagh area of Barzulla in Srinagar on Saturday evening.
The Tehreek-e-Muzahamat Chairman, Bilal Ahmed Siddiqui in a statement issued in Srinagar, termed the arrest of two sons of Ashraf Sehrai and other Hurriyat activists, including Maulana Sarjan Barkati as the worst type of human rights violation. Every voice is being silenced and every dissent is being crushed in the territory, he deplored.
APHC leader and the Chairman of Democratic Political Movement, Khawaja Firdous in a statement issued in Srinagar, condemning the arrest of the two sons of Ashraf Sehrai, said that such cheap tactics could not suppress the ongoing liberation movement in the occupied territory.
He also demanded immediate release of all illegally detained Hurriyat leaders and activists and said that India could not suppress Kashmiri people through military might.
The General Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Mass Movement (JKMM), Shabbir Ahmad in his statement in Srinagar said that the fresh arrest spree in IIOJK, including the arrest of two sons of Ashraf Sehrai, was frustration of the authorities. He added by arresting Hurriyat leaders and activists, India could not suppress the ongoing liberation movement in the territory.
The spokesman of the Jammu and Kashmir Employees Movement in a statement issued in Srinagar, condemning the arrest of two sons of Ashraf Sehrai and other Hurriyat activists by Indian police, said that India was applying all tactics to suppress the liberation movement but it would badly fail in its sinister designs and the people of Kashmir would continue the liberation movement till its complete success.
The General Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Political Resistance Movement (JKPRM), Dr Musaib in his statement in Srinagar strongly condemned the arrest of two sons and other relatives of martyred senior APHC leader Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai.
He said that it was the misperception of the Modi-led fascist Indian regime that it would suppress the freedom sentiment of the Kashmiri people by detaining and harassing the Hurriyat leaders and activists.
The Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference in its statement issued in Srinagar strongly condemned the arrest of two sons and other Kashmiri youth by Indian troops. He added that the Indian troops had crossed all limits of brutalities in the occupied territory but it would never succeed in its sinister designs. He appealed to the United Nations, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and other international human rights organizations to take practical measures and save the oppressed Kashmiris and help resolve the lingering Kashmir dispute according to the UN resolutions and aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
A spokesman of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League in a statement in Srinagar strongly condemned arrest of two sons of Ashraf Sehrai and dozens of youth in Srinagar under notorious PSA.
He also castigated Israeli bombardment on Gaza and killing of Palestinians in Al-Aqsa city of Jerusalem. The UN should immediately intervene and brutalities and illegal settlements and evacuations of permanent residents in the occupied regions must be stopped to stabilize peace across the illegally occupied territories in Middle East and IIOJK.
The Chairman of Islami Tanzeem-e-Azadi, Abdul Samad Inqilabi in a statement in Srinagar, denouncing the arrest of Sehrai’s two sons and others, said that India could not prevent the IIOJK people from their just struggle for right to self-determination and would continue the liberation movement till taking it to its logical conclusion.
Tehreek-e-Wahdat-e-Islami spokesman, Shahid Ali, in a statement issued in Srinagar condemned the arrest of Sehrai’s two sons and other relatives. He said that India was using all tactics to suppress the legitimate struggle of the Kashmiri people but it will never succeed.
He said that the people of Kashmir would continue their struggle for securing right to self-determination at all costs and would never surrender before the oppressor, India. “Whether it is the illusion of India’s planning agencies or these agencies are unaware of all the legitimate movements in the world or are deliberately blindfolded so that they or the Indian government can turn its back on the unarmed Kashmiris,” the spokesman added.
The Jammu and Kashmir People’s Association (JKPA) Chairman Aquib Wani in a statement in Jammu said it is extremely unfortunate that on one hand, mankind is fighting the battle of existence and on the other, basic human rights of Kashmiri Muslims were continuously being trampled. He appealed to human rights organisations to support people of Kashmir and Palestine in their legitimate struggle to end occupation and oppression.
The Vice Chairman of Insaf Party Haji Mohamed Sultan said that after the custodial killing of Mohamed Ashraf Sehrai, Indian occupation forces are hell bent on displaying their military aggression in its worst form against the freedom loving civil population of Kashmir.
The Convener of AJK chapter of Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat forum, Syed Faiz Naqshbandi in his statement in Islamabad denounced the arbitrary arrest and detention of two sons of Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai and others in IIOJK and demanded their immediate release. He added that deployment of nine hundred thousand Indian troops in the territory had posed a serious threat to regional peace and security and the custodial killings of innocent Kashmiris under the pretext of strict coronavirus had become a routine matter in IIOJK.
The Chairman of Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir, Uzair Ahmad Ghazali in a statement in Muzaffarabad said that the arrest of two sons of Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai and more than 50 other youth was the worst example of Indian state terrorism in the occupied territory.
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