APHC demands release of Hurriyat leaders, activists
Urges Kashmir solution in accordance with Kashmiris' aspirations
Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has demanded the release of all political leaders and activists languishing in different jails of India and the territory for many years.
APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas in a statement issued in Srinagar demanded the immediate release of all detained Kashmiris, including APHC Chairman Masarat Alam Butt, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Aasiya Andrabi, Naheeda Nasreen, Fahmida Sufi, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Ayaz Muhammad Akbar, Pir Saifullah, Raja Merajuddin Kalwal, Shahid-ul-Islam, Farooq Ahmad Dar, Bilal Siddiqui, Mplvi Bashir Ahmad, Mushtaq-ul-Islam, Mian Abdul Qayoom, Muhammad Rafiq Ganai, Dr Abdul Hameed Fayaz, Farooq Ahmad Tawheedi, Ghulam Muhammad Khan Sopori, Zafar Akbar Butt, Fayaz Hussain Jaferi, Hayat Ahmad Butt, Dr Muhammad Qasim Fakhtoo, Dr Muhammad Shafi Shariati, Saleem Nanaji, Umar Adil Dar, Malik Noor Fayyaz, Muhammad Yasin Butt, and human rights activist Muhammad Ahsan Untoo.
He also urged the settlement of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the United Nations resolutions and aspirations of the Kashmiri people so that permanent peace and political and economic stability could be established in the South Asian region. The statement said that a negotiated settlement of the Kashmir dispute would lead to good relations between the two neighbour nuclear countries.
The APHC said the Kashmir dispute is not a power struggle but an issue concerning the freedom of the Kashmiris from decades of political injustice and Indian occupation.
It said the Kashmiri people are rendering huge sacrifices for their right to self-determination and would continue their struggle until their goal is achieved.
