ISLAMABAD, (APP): Chairman of his Hurriyet forum,
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has condemned the use of excessive force by
India to sabotage the Hurriyet joint march towards Kulgam and said
that stopping them from paying tributes to the martyrs is extreme
form of oppression and barbarism.
According to KMS, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who was detained when
he came out of his residence to proceed towards Kulgam speaking to
media persons, termed the statement of the Indian military
establishment that pellet gun was not a lethal weapon as an
attempt to mislead people.
He asked what could be more lethal than the weapon that had
already made people handicapped, maimed and blinded. Calling for
immediate revocation of black laws like the Armed Forces Special
Powers Act (AFSPA) and stopping the forces from using lethal
weapons against peaceful protestors, Mirwaiz said people should be
allowed to express grief and convey their aspirations instead of
being subjected to excessive force and military might trampling
upon their basic human, democratic, political and religious
rights.
The Mirwaiz said Kashmir is not a law and order issue but a
political one which needs to be solved by granting the right to
self-determination to the people.
ISLAMABAD, July 29 (APP): Chairman of his Hurriyet forum,
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has condemned the use of excessive force by
India to sabotage the Hurriyet joint march towards Kulgam and said
that stopping them from paying tributes to the martyrs is extreme
form of oppression and barbarism.
According to KMS, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who was detained when
he came out of his residence to proceed towards Kulgam speaking to
media persons, termed the statement of the Indian military
establishment that pellet gun was not a lethal weapon as an
attempt to mislead people.
He asked what could be more lethal than the weapon that had
already made people handicapped, maimed and blinded. Calling for
immediate revocation of black laws like the Armed Forces Special
Powers Act (AFSPA) and stopping the forces from using lethal
weapons against peaceful protestors, Mirwaiz said people should be
allowed to express grief and convey their aspirations instead of
being subjected to excessive force and military might trampling
upon their basic human, democratic, political and religious
rights.
The Mirwaiz said Kashmir is not a law and order issue but a
political one which needs to be solved by granting the right to
self-determination to the people.