Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership on Saturday termed government’s action not to allow a seminar called by them at Hyderpora here as “state terrorism” and the one which belies tall claims about democracy as “hoax”.
The seminar titled “human rights violations and criminal silence maintained by international community” was scheduled at Geelani’s residence and was to be attended by resistance leadership besides prominent speakers and scholars.
In a statement, the JRL said that from early Saturday morning, all the roads leading to the venue on the outskirts of Srinagar were blocked by police personnel and many activists and journalists were turned away.
Police placed Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq under house arrest while as police raided residence of Mohammad Yasin Malik.
In the morning, a heavy contingent of police was deployed outside Geelani’s Hyderpora residence and they also put several Hurriyat leaders under house detention to foil the seminar.
“Government action is an act of state terrorism and it has proved that their tall claims about democracy are hoax.”
The joint leadership said that although UNO has formulated a charter in 1947 to safeguard basic rights pertaining to nations but has failed to provide and secure these cherished rights.
Referring to “atrocities perpetrated by Indian rulers and forces”, the JRL said that till now more than two lakh people were “brutally killed.” However, they said, UNO failed to play its role and could not halt the ongoing “bloodshed” in state.
They said that it was India that took the case in UNO and pledged to ascertain the aspirations of people of Jammu and Kashmir through plebiscite but denied and through coercive tactics continues its illogical and unconstitutional occupation.
Referring to the “horrendous” situations and unabated human rights violations, the joint leadership said that people in state are “striving for its just rights which the Indian state has dealt with by martyring tens and thousands of Kashmiris, subjecting over ten thousand people to enforced disappearances, seven thousand women molested ,burying thousands in unmarked graves, hundreds blinded, thousands maimed, damaging property worth billions , harassing people, torturing youth with third degree in interrogation centres, oppression and suppression, arrests and detentions, restrictions, and custodial killings.
They said that people, political leaders are detained, caged and PSA slapped without applying any sense and any logic.
They impressed UNO to take cognizance of “worsening situations” in state and facilitate the situation for seeking people’s verdict with regards to their political destiny.
The leadership however said that it was quite sad that instead of obliging its duty the member countries affiliated with UNO are taking their business interests into consideration, ignoring the grave situation resulted out of forced occupation.
Blaming UNO for chaos and uncertainty in Palestine, Jammu and Kashmir, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and other parts of world, the JRL said that in order to regain its credibility this institution has to review its policies, fulfil its obligations and resolve all issues pertaining to “subjugated” nations.
The Joint Resistance Leadership reiterated their call for a complete shutdown and blackout on December 10 in view of International Human Rights Day.
The leadership said: “On December 10, the International Human Rights Day, Kashmiris will observe a complete shut down and blackout against gross human rights violations in the Kashmir valley.”
They said that a protest rally will also be taken out from Lal Chowk towards UN Observers’ Office at Sonwar and instructed the people to join peaceful march.
