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Expressing shock and concern over Wednesday’s “unprovoked” firing by India on Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC), All Parties Hurriyat Conference (m) Thursday said military aggression and war is no solution to any problem.

“It instead worsens problems further which the three previous wars between both the two counties has shown,” a statement issued by AHPC-m said this evening.

The conglomerate also criticized the role of Indian electronic and print media for “creating war hysteria and arousing passions” among the people of the two countries, aggravating confrontation between the two countries.

Calling upon New Delhi and Islamabad to de-escalate tensions, APHC-m said the two nuclear neighbours should behave maturely and instead of confrontations which can only be disastrous for the entire region engage in serious dialogue to resolve issues and bring peace.

Meanwhile, the amalgam strongly condemned the government for the continued detention and solitary confinement of its chairperson Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq for the past more than one month at a sub-jail since 26th August and his house arrest of two months before that at his Nigeen residence from July 8, 2016.

The spokesperson said, “arbitrary curbs and detention of the Mirwaiz has prevented him from discharging his religious obligations and dawah and social work as the Mirwaiz. For the past many years at the whim of the authorities, he is repeatedly prevented from offering Friday prayers and delivering Friday sermons. He is not allowed to address religious (tableeg) congregations across the state to which he is invited. He has not been allowed to attend Eid prayers and Ijtimas for the past six years. His political outreach to people of the state is also curbed as ahead of any rally or gathering he is detained at home. His passport is impounded for many years now to prevent him from attending religious and political conferences and highlighting the Kashmir issue globally.”

“These oppressive measures taken to harass him and prevent him from pursuing his principled stand of seeking justice and freedom for his nation are deplorable and belie claims to any democratic credentials of the establishment,” the APHC-m spokesperson added.

“Similar arrest of other veteran resistance leader, Syed Ali Geelani, Muhammad Yasin Malik Shabir Ahmed Shah and others besides hundreds of activists and over six thousand innocent civilians will not either cow down the people nor the leadership from pursuing their just struggle, it only reflects the governments insecurity and fear of exposure and dealing with the truth,” the spokesperson said.

The statement said that APHC-m and people of Kashmir appeal to the United Nations Organisation (UNO), Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and democratic countries of the world to use their influence to ask Government of India (GoI) to immediately release the resistance leadership and thousands of youth placed under arrest in different jails across Jammu Kashmir and outside the state.

The conglomerate also called upon these organisations to help “stop state terrorism, killings, oppression and suppression of people of Kashmir at the hands of government forces instead of indulging in rhetorical statements”.

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