Srinagar, Jan. 22 (TNS): Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC), Syed Ali Gilani on Monday appealed to the Amnesty International, Asia Watch and other world human rights organizations to conduct a thorough probe into all unfortunate incidents of mass killings in Indian occupied Kashmir.
In a statement, Syed Ali Gilani said that Indian occupational forces had left their brutal footprints in Gawkadal, Handwara and Kupwara and other areas of the territory in the form of gruesome massacres.
Meanwhile, complete shutdown will be observed in Handwara and Kupwara on Thursday and Saturday against 1990 and 1994 massacres, perpetrated by Indian army and paramilitary forces.
Call for the strike has been given by the Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik. Dozens of Kashmiris were gunned down by Indian troops during protest demonstrations in 1990 in Handwara and 1994 in Kupwara.
In their separate statements, the Mirwaiz-led Hurriyet forum, senior leader, Maulana Abbas Ansari and Muslim Conference President Muhammad Sultan Magray denounced the ongoing cordon and search operations in different parts of the territory ahead of India’s Republic Day celebrations on Friday.
In a statement, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League denounced the repeated arrest of party Chairman Mukhtar Ahmad Waza and other pro-freedom leaders.
On the other hand, the Indian troops barged into a religious seminary in Sopore town of Baramulla district, harassed students and staff and ransacked property.
