Syed Geelani slams Indian security agencies for harassing Kashmiri resistance leaders

APHC chief says such tactics cannot cow down the pro-freedom leadership

Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Syed Ali Geelani has accused India of using its National Investigation Agency (NIA) to harass Kashmiri resistance leaders.

“Such tactics cannot cow down the pro-freedom leadership,” the APHC chairman said.



He strongly condemned the interrogation of Syed Salahuddin’s four sons and son-in-law by the NIA.

“Syed Salahuddin is a forerunner and a prominent figure in the ongoing freedom movement and has dedicated his whole life for the sacred cause and such cowardly measures cannot weaken his commitment to the liberation struggle,” Geelani declared.

The Hurriyat forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq stated,” India’s brutal tactics would not succeed to suppress the Kashmiris’ genuine struggle for securing their right to self-determination.”

On the other hand, clashes erupted in Srinagar after Indian troops used force on a series of protests against a siege by the Indian forces.

Meanwhile, in London, the Kashmiri diaspora in Britain held a peaceful protest demanding an end to bloodshed at the hands of Indian security forces.

Last week, United Nations High Commissioner (UNHC) for Human Rights Zeid al Hussein declared the situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir as a matter of grave concern at the 37^th session of Human Rights Council in Geneva.

He stated this during a meeting with over 500 representatives of civil society from all over the globe.



Hussein broke UN’s silence on Kashmir when he added it to a formal list of urgent humanitarian crisis in his policy statement in September last year.

He did this after the extrajudicial murder of Kashmiri youth activist Burhan Wani.

The High Commissioner announced this month that the UN will be launching a major report on the situation in Kashmir in June 2018 when the UNHRC will hold its next session.