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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Farooq Rehmani condemns arrest of Hurriyet leader in Kashmir

Islamabad. October 19 : The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League (JKPFL), Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, has strongly condemned the arrest of Hurriyet leader, Masarrat Alam Butt by Indian police in disputed state of  Kashmir.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani in a statement in Islamabad said that the policy of state terrorism indicated how serious India was to a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute.

He urged the Indian government to immediately release all illegally detained Kashmiri Hurriyet leaders and respect civil liberties in the occupied territory. He appealed to the US President, Barack Obama to address the situation of Kashmir during his forthcoming visit to India in a serious and meaningful way and to help resolve the dispute in accordance with the Kashmiris’ aspirations, opening UN history pages to underline his country's sponsored resolutions and India's promises on this issue in 1948.

The JKPFL Chairman also denounced the killing of an innocent civilian in Handwara, demolishing of a mosque and killings in Barzalla area of Bandipore and Palhallan siege besides crackdown by Indian army and police to re-enforce terrorism against humanity in occupied Kashmir (Writer-South Asia)