Srinagar: In occupied Kashmir, the General Secretary of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Shabbir Ahmad Shah has said that India responded with brute force to the people of Kashmir’s demand for their legitimate right to self-determination.
Shabbir Ahmad Shah addressing a press conference in Srinagar, today, said that the dissent expressed in a peaceful way was met with brute force and the innocent children were killed, maimed and blinded by those beating the drums of so-called largest democracy in the world. He said that even journalists were not spared, cameras were broken and newspapers were banned for reporting truth.
“What was the crime of lecturer Shabbir Ahmad Monga who was ruthlessly beaten to death by the occupational forces,†he asked. The year 2016 was extremely horrible as the PDP created a record of snatching eyesight of people, he said, and added, “What is more depressing is the attitude of PDP which at the behest of BJP and RSS unleashed a reign of terror on our people and blinded the children. Nowhere in the world is pellet and PAVA used against people but the credit goes to PDP.†Reality is that, he added, every pro-India party – PDP, NC, Congress or others – are servants of New Delhi and working on its agenda.
Shabbir Ahmad Shah expressed condolences with the parents of martyrs including those of Burhan Wani. “I assure them that these sacrifices won’t be allowed to go waste. We’re duty-bound to take forward the mission of martyrs,†he said. He also hailed the role of religious organizations and NGOs including Jamaat-e-Islami, Jamiat Ahle Hadith, Karvaan-e-Islami, Umat-e-Islami, Suwat-ul-Awlia and Anjuman Shari-e-Shian for their exemplary social welfare during the past six months. He expressed his gratitude to all pro-freedom parties and women organizations particularly Dukhtaran-e-Millat and Muslim Khawateen Markaz for their active participation in the freedom rallies.
The APHC leader said that those languishing in jails were their spokespersons. The puppet regime’s attitude towards these prisoners was in violation of the UN charter as they were denied all basic amenities, he added. “What is more concerning is the illegal detention of minors. They aren’t referred to Juvenile homes,†he said.
Shabbir Shah maintained that Pakistan played a very effective role during the ongoing Intifada as the way it highlighted Kashmir issue at United Nations was commendable. It has been due to the diplomatic efforts of Pakistan that China, Turkey, European countries, and OIC slammed India over its unabated human rights violations in occupied Kashmir, he added.
The APHC General Secretary appealed to the world community, UN, and all the international human rights bodies to take serious note of the grave situation in occupied Kashmir. “We demand an immediate action by all world organizations including the United Nations and International Committee of Red Cross to deal with the prevailing situation in the disputed region. I also appeal to the newly appointed UN Secretary General to initiate measures towards the establishment of peace in the South Asia,†he said.
As Kashmir is an internationally acknowledged dispute and backed by several UN resolutions which are in continuation of the resolution passed on January 5, 1949, we believe the viable solution to this longstanding dispute lies in the implementation of these resolutions, he added.
