Arrests, harassment not bar Kashmiris from their struggle
RAWALPINDI, May 9, 2004:
The negative tactics of illegal arrests and
harassment by police and secret agencies would not threaten Kashmiri
people and not force them to stop their just struggle for freedom.
This was stated by Sardar Ishtiaq Hussain, Secretary General United
Kashmir Peoples National Party (UKPNP) here on Sunday while talking
to a group of journalists.
Condemning the arrest of Sardar Altaf Khan President of UKPNP
District Sdhnuti along with Qari Naseer President of Transport Union
Trarkhel, he said that this is violation of basic rights and aimed
to harass the people talking for rights of kashmiri people.
Police is still harassing other UKPNP leaders and their families in
order to silence the protest they have launched for the economic and
political rights of the Area, UKPNP Secretary General said and added
that the arrests have been made purely on the behalf and direction
of intelligence agencies in order to harass the UKPNP leaders and
carders and those who raise their voices for the political and
economical rights of the people of AJK.
He called upon the AJK Government and other agencies involved in
this heinous crime to stop their state terrorism and repression
otherwise they will face the music. He demanded immediate release of
the detainees and to stop the harassment of other activists.
He said that these practices of Pakistani agencies are not only
violation of fundamental rights but also fall beyond the mandate of
UN resolutions to which its owes its presence, and forcing or
suppressing the voices of common people exposes its real face and
claims it makes regarding the aspiration of Kashmiri's.
The inability of local authorities and government to protect the
basic rights of the people in AJK deserve immediate attention of
world human rights organization and media to end this act of
suppress regarding that we have approached and enlightened them with
the current situation and demanded to take an urgent action to seek
release of the detained leaders.�Ends
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