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)

Nothing less than freedom from India acceptable to Kashmiris: Muhammad Farooq Rehmani

Islamabad, July 25: The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League (JKPFL), Muhammad Farooq Rehmani has said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir are determined to continue their struggle against Indian occupation till its logical conclusion.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani in a statement in Islamabad said that the ongoing upsurge against the over stay of Indian troops and paramilitary forces, draconian laws and installation of stooges by fraud elections, was being handled by the 21st century youth, who had the stamina to continue the unarmed fight for the right of self determination, as they had burnt their boats and exhausted their patience before the monster of state terrorism.

He said that every other thing except the current experiment had become irrelevant in this situation. He hoped that the pro-India lobby in any garb would not be allowed to rule the roost. “Experience and wisdom coupled with the circumstances will dictate terms of the uprising,” he added.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani out-rightly rejected the internal autonomy proposal of both senior and junior Abdullah and termed it obsolete. He regretted the cold shoulder attitude of the world community and said that only Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and some other western human rights groups seriously censored India for its unabated oppression and abuses in occupied Kashmir, while no country could voice their resentment against the inhuman situation created by the Indian authorities in the territory.

The JKPFL Chairman criticized America for its ''Hands off policy'' on Kashmir, warning that this policy would not bring peace and prosperity to South Asia. He deplored that the America, which had sponsored and endorsed the Security Council resolutions on Kashmir in the last century, now was giving an old international dispute a bilateral curl.

''The Kashmiris will never barter away their slogan nor withdraw on Indian terms. They will not accept bilateral bend or interpretation of the dispute or political and economic packages not reflecting the sentiments of the people, but will continue to stress upon the world leaders including America to fulfil their promises with the Kashmiris according to the Security Council’s resolutions, as they did in other cases of international character and dimension,'' he remarked.(Writer-South Asia)

Kashmir needs direct UN focus: M. Farooq Rehmani

Islamabad, June 30: Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League, has expressed grave concern over the stepped up police atrocities and use of indiscriminate brute force against demonstrators in occupied Kashmir.

Farooq Rehmani in a statement condemned in strong words killing of youth in the northern area of Kashmir, crack down on peaceful political demonstrators, undeclared curfew in parts of the territory and large scale arrests of Hurriyat leaders and workers in Srinagar.

He deplored that the United Nations and its Council for Human Rights were indifferent to the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, where people were being treated like sheep and goats. He said that the threat to life of people was increasing day by day, so it was the duty of the world body to call an emergency session of the General Assembly, make India answerable before it and force her to abolish inhuman laws in the region and follow the International Human Rights Laws in Kashmir.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani warned that if the UN did not come forward to rescue the Kashmiris, India would get emboldened and no bilateral talks or the so called peace diplomacy would save the region from disaster. »