SRINAGAR: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has expressed deep concern over Indian troops’ cordon and search operations, arrests, and extra-judicial killings of Kashmiri youth in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
According to local media, APHC spokesperson Abdul Rashid Minhas said that Indian troops arrest youth from houses, roads and streets, detaining them under the Public Safety Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, often leading to extra-judicial killings.
The APHC has called for an early resolution of the issue of Kashmir, asserting the legitimacy of Kashmiris’ resistance against New Delhi’s occupation. Despite detention as well as torture, Hurriyat leaders remain committed to a peaceful solution under UNSC resolutions.
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He added that despite continued detention and physical and mental torture, the morale of all Hurriyat leaders and activists was high and they were ready to render any type of sacrifice for the Kashmir cause.
Minhas has urged the United Nations and global human rights organizations to pressure New Delhi to release all Kashmiri political prisoners, including Hurriyat leaders and activists.
