HR bodies asked to help in Kashmiri detainees' release

India urged to take steps for Kashmir settlement

Srinagar, January 03 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani has appealed to the Amnesty International and other human rights organizations to help in release of illegally detained Kashmiri Hurriyet leaders and activists.

Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar strongly denounced the arrest of two activists of his forum from Indian city of Bhopal.

He pointed out that Indian police was arresting the people who had taken part in the massive protests in 2010 and deplored that India had been suppressing the Kashmiris’ voice with gun for the last 63 years.

The Jamaat-e-Islami of occupied Kashmir in a statement in Srinagar urged India to resolve the Kashmir dispute by implementing the relevant UN resolutions to ensure permanent peace in South Asia.

On the other hand, a trooper of Indian Central Reserve Police Force was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a camp in Bandipora. At least 35 shops and five houses were gutted in a major fire incident at Khadim market in Bandipore town, today.

Extreme cold wave conditions continued to prevail in occupied Kashmir, today, with minimum temperature in Srinagar dipping to minus 5.2 degrees Celsius and Leh freezing under a minimum of minus 23 degrees Celsius.

Source: Kashmir Media Service (KMS).
Link: http://www.kmsnews.org/news/hr-bodies-asked-help-kashmiri-detainees%E2%80%99-release.