Indian army and police arrested over a hundred youth including below 20-year old boys and students in central, north and south districts of Kashmir valley. Most of them were booked under newly imposed draconian law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

The authorities booked Aabid Hussain Mir, Qaiser Ahmad Mir, Bilal Ahmad, Zahoor Ahmad, Aijaz Ahmad, Abbas Ahmad, Firdous Ahmad and Fayaz Ahmad for sloganeering at the funeral of a youth who was martyred by Indian troops in Kupwara district.

Earlier, police booked twenty people who participated in the funeral of top martyred leader Muhammad Asraf Sehrai under black law. Rashid Ashraf Sehrai, Mujahid Ashraf Sehrai and one relative Altaf Ahmad Khan have been kept in Kupwara police station.

The authorities also booked under UAPA over a dozen youth in Shopian, Islambad, Kulgam and Pulwama district who were arrested last month on fake charges.

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While expressing solidarity with the relatives of the prisoners, Muhammad Musaddiq Aadil in a statement issued in Srinagar appealed to the world human rights organisations to take the cognizance of the situation and facilitate the release of the Kashmiri detainees.

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Indian police arrested three juveniles Shafi, Muntazir Farooq and Tauqeer Ashraf in Shopian and booked them under the Anti-terror Law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act UAPA.

The police authorities registered a fake case against them in Zainpora police station.

All of the three are minors; we do not understand why minors are even not spared. Have minors too become a threat to India with nukes, missiles, tanks and so much of weapons, to a nation of crores of Indians, family members asked.

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Srinagar, May 29 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian police arrested a youth from Kulgam district.

The police arrested the youth identified as Shakir Ahmad during a cordon and search operation in Frisal Yaripora area of the district.

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According to Kashmir Media Service, the Tehreek-e-Muzahamat Chairman, Bilal Ahmed Siddiqui, in a statement issued in Srinagar deplored that both sons of Sehrai Sahab had contracted COVID-19 in jail due to inhuman behaviour of the occupation authorities.

Terming these acts of political vendetta highly immoral and condemnable, he said, the entire population of Kashmir salutes this brave family besides their iconic father.

Bilal Siddiqui appealed to the world human rights organisations to take cognizance of this attitude and use their mandate to persuade the Indian authorities to mend their autocratic attitude towards the family of Ashraf Sehrai.

The JKPRM General Secretary, Dr Musaib, in a statement in Srinagar demanded release of Ashraf Sehrai’s sons as both are infected with Covid-19. He deplored that in the absence of medical treatment, the political prisoners were feeling helpless and were in mental distress. It would be prudent to release all prisoners, keeping in view the alarming situation due to COVID-19, he added.

He said, even the Indian Supreme Court had ordered release of prisoners on parole or bail but the occupation authorities were not obeying its orders.

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Srinagar, May 28 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian police and troops arrested over a dozen youth in different parts of the territory.

The police arrested the youth, including Aqib Ahmed, Mufeez Ahmed, Bilal Ahmed Zaboo, Sajjad Ahmed, Muhammad Iqbal, Showkat Ahmed and Aadil Rashid Butt in different areas of Pulwama and Islamabad districts.

On the other hand, Indian police claimed to have arrested 476 persons since authorities imposed lockdown in Jammu district in wake of second wave of coronavirus and registered 375 cases.

Meanwhile, the mother of a 28-year-old youth died of cardiac arrest hours after her son was detained by Indian troops during a cordon and search operation in the Biminipora area of Shopian district.

The Chairman of Islami Tanzeem-e-Azadi Jammu and Kashmir, Abdul Samad Inqilabi, in a statement in Srinagar denounced the arrest of innocent people by Indian forces. He said that the main objective of such brutal acts was to suppress the freedom sentiment of the Kashmiri people but despite the Indian cruel measures, the people of Kashmir would continue their struggle till taking it to its logical conclusion. He also expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of Jamaat-e-Islami leader, Mir Muhammad Abdullah, who passed away in Pulwama, last night.

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The youth have been identified as Javid Ahmed Bhat, (30), Zubair Ahmed Bhat (26), Fareed Ahmed Mangnoo and Muzaffar Ahmed Mangnoo, and Zahoor Ahmed Mir, all residents of Sheikhpora Vailoo Kokarnag and Muhammad Amin Dar, also a labourer by profession and a resident of Darpora Devalgam.

“Along with UAPA, they have been booked under Arms act as well,” the police officer told media.

The police booked the youth after investigations into a cordon and search operation in Kokernag area of the district in which three youth were martyred on May 11. Three youth Ilyas Ahmad Dar alias Sameer resident of Danwathpora Kokernag, Ubaid Shafi alias Abdullah resident of Batamaloo Srinagar and Aqib Ahmad Lone alias Sahil resident of Khandaypora Kulgam were martyred during the cordon and search operation in the areae earlier this month.

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Srinagar, May 24 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, International award-winning incarcerated journalist Asif Sultan completed 1,000 days in prison, the other day.

In the almost three years that he has spent in prison, everything has changed at his home, but charges against him are yet to be dropped despite many court hearings.

Sultan was arrested in August 2018 after he filed a report on martyred youth leader, Burhan Wani, for a local magazine where he was working as an assistant editor.

A year later he was awarded the John Aubuchon press freedom award. He is currently lodged at Central Jail Srinagar, despite repeated calls for his release from human rights groups, international journalist bodies, and Kashmiri journalists.

Muhammad Sultan, the father of Asif, while talking to media said, “I had to go through a major heart surgery this year. Alhamdulillah, I am better now. His daughter, who was just 6 months at the time of his arrest, has begun to feel her father’s absence now. We are eagerly waiting for his release.”

Police have booked Asif under black law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on the ridiculous charge of his involvement in militant activities. The charge was strongly denied by his family. Asif has a wife and a 3-year old daughter at home.

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Srinagar, May 18 (KMS): An unidentified male body was found in Baramulla district.

The deceased was likely to be a non-local. His body was found lying in Pattan near Poineer School Hanjiwera of the district.

Meanwhile, Indian police arrested a 24-year Kashmiri youth John Mohammad in Delhi. The police said that the youth was arrested from a hotel in Pahargan area. It claimed that he was tasked to kill Swami Yati Narsinghanand, a Hindu priest who had allegedly made blasphemous remarks.

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The JKEM and Insaf Party spokesmen in their statements issued in Srinagar urged world human rights bodies to take notice of the worst situation of Kashmir.

The JKEM spokesman said that these atrocities are being committed to suppress Kashmiri voice for freedom but the oppressors are forgetting the historical fact that freedom movements of nations never get suppressed by such kinds of tyrannies. He said that Kashmiris would never tolerate the killing spree.

The spokesman paid glowing tributes to the martyred youth, recently killed by the Indian troops in Srinagar and reiterated to continue the freedom struggle till its logical conclusion. He appealed to the international human rights organisations including the UN Human Rights Council, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and International Committee of Red Cross to take cognizance of the plight of the Kashmiri detainees and impress upon New Delhi to release them forthwith.

The Insaf Party spokesman paid rich tributes to Khawaja Abdul Ghani Lone, Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq, and martyrs of Hawal on their anniversaries saying that the sacred blood of great Kashmiri martyrs would not go waste.

The spokesman while condemning the use of brute force against the people of Kashmir said that the subjugated people of Kashmir have no option but to lead their freedom moment to its logical conclusion. The spokesman also condemned the custodial killing of two youth in Srinagar at the hands of Indian occupation forces.

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