APHC condemns in harshest possible terms continued illegal detention of its senior leaders Mirwaiz, Musarrat Aalam, others

SRINAGAR, April 14 (SABAH): All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has
condemned in harshest possible terms the continued illegal detention of its
senior leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and a number of other Hurriyat leaders,
including its Chairman, Masarrat Aalam Butt, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Nayeem
Ahmed Khan, Shahid-ul-Islam and others.

Through a statement issued in Srinagar, APHC deplored 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 furthered 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 stated 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 added such barbaric acts 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.