Srinagar : In occupied Kashmir, the joint resistance leadership comprising the All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik has today extended the protest program until December 31.
The calendar includes freedom congregation, Women’s Day Assembly and Azadi Marches across the territory.
Resistance leaders in their joint statement said that the peoples uprising of the last six months has taken our freedom struggle forward and has opened out the possibilities and the scope of our struggle and we have moved closer to our goal.
Following is the protest program:
Protest Program for Right to Self-Determination
(From Friday Dec 16, 2016 to Saturday Dec 31, 2016)
                        Date | Activities |
Fridays(No Relaxation) | Friday Freedom CongregationPost Friday prayer, hold Freedom Congregationsacross Jammu & Kashmir at the places identified and agreed upon locally and mutually;
Resistance/Masjid Committees/Youth Volunteers of Villages/Localities coordinate & ensure the arrangements |
Saturdays(No Relaxation) | Tehsil Headquarters Azadi MarchFrom 7 am, join Azadi March towards respective Tehsil Headquarters. March on two wheelers(Motorcycles & Bicycles) and march by foot;
If and wherever stopped, assemble, occupy and protest at that place till 4 pm; Resistance/Masjid Committees/Youth Volunteers of these areas coordinate and ensure the arrangements |
Sundays(Full Day Relaxation) | General Relaxation DaysPeople are requested to use exclusively public transport on these days for the support of transport community;
As a social and community responsibility, encourage your family and friends as well for the same |
Mondays(Full Day Relaxation)
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General Relaxation DaySit in Protest
From 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm sit in protest by pro-freedom organizations at Tehsil Headquarters along with placards and banners highlighting the atrocities in the present uprising . |
Tuesdays(Full Day Relaxation) | Women’s DayAssemble & Occupy local chowks and centres fromZuhr to Asr in the vicinity of your mohallas, villages and localities;Protest with Flags, Placards and Banners with Freedom messages and slogans |
Wednesdays(Full Day Relaxation) | General Relaxation DayProtest of Lawyers
From 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm sit in protest by Lawyers in court premises. |
Thursdays(Full Day Relaxation) | General Relaxation DayPeople are requested to use exclusively public transport on this day for the support of transport community;
As a social and community responsibility, encourage your family and friends as well for the same |
Directions For All Days | 1.      Protests be held across Jammu & Kashmir.2.     Shutdown across Jammu & Kashmir on all days except for the relaxation mentioned in the program.
3.     Relaxation period is for all including Public and private transport as well as factories, educational institutions and other industrial unit holders. 4.     Public & private vehicular movement not to be stopped after 10 pm to 8 am on all nights. 5.     Lockdown all the routes entering your Mohallas, Villages and Localities by every means during night to protect people in general and youth in particular from the raids and arrests by Indian forces and J&K Police. 6.     Play Islamic and Azadi Taranas from Maghrib to Isha on all days. 7.     Paste this Protest Program Poster on the entrance of every mosque and in Market places, Mohallas & Local Chowks. |
The leadership while commending people for their steadfastness and readiness to act, said that what we always need to keep in mind is that our collective efforts and sacrifices as a nation are for a long term outcome and not for some short term gains. So we have to prepare ourselves and be ready for a long struggle and make struggle and resistance a part of our life.