Day: December 15, 2021

Srinagar, December 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Chairman of Tehreek-e-Wahdat-e-Islami (TWI), Khadim Hussain, has said that India has intensified its nefarious policy of genocide of Kashmiris and its rogue troops are killing innocent Kashmiris in fake encounters on a daily basis to suppress their just freedom struggle.

Khadim Hussain in a statement in Srinagar said India in the guise of the so-called democracy is one of the most ruthless and arrogant countries of this civilized world of the 21st century. He said India has made the life of oppressed Kashmiris and Indian minorities, particularly Muslims, miserable.

He said India itself had gained independence from British rule after a long struggle but its expansionist and narrow-minded leaders enslaved the Kashmiris immediately after their own independence in 1947 and ever since, they have been vainly trying to suppress the freedom struggle of Kashmiri people through military might.

The TWI Chairman said the Indian brutalities in IIOJK have eclipsed the atrocities Britain had inflicted on the subjugated nations during its colonial rule. He maintained that there was only one brutal incident of Jallianwala Bagh massacre carried out by General Dyer in India during the British rule but the Indian troops have their hands stained with dozens of such massacres in the occupied territory. He said that the Indian rulers have forgotten the fact that a freedom struggle cannot be suppressed through oppressive tactics.

Khadim Hussain said that despite facing the worst Indian state terrorism, the Kashmiris are committed to take their freedom movement to its logical conclusion at all costs. He said that the New Delhi must read the writing on the wall and give the Kashmiri people their right to self-determination. The TWI Chairman paid rich tributes to the youth who were martyred by Indian troops during the recent fake encounters in Srinagar and other areas of IIOJK.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Islamic Tanzeem-e-Azadi, Abdul Samad Inqalabi, in a statement issued in Srinagar deplored that Indian troops had stepped up their state terrorism in IIOJK. He paid rich tributes to the youth martyred by the troops in different areas of the occupied territory and said that the great sacrifices of the martyrs would never go in vain. He appealed to the international community to put pressure on India to settle the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the Kashmiris’ wishes and the relevant UN resolutions.

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Srinagar, December 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian police have arrested a woman and her daughter on the charges of raising pro-freedom slogans during a protest demonstration against the killing of two youth by Indian troops in Srinagar.

According to Kashmir Media Service, the woman, Afrooza, and her daughter, Aisha, were arrested on the charges of raising anti-India slogans during a demonstration against the killing of two youth by the troops in a fake encounter in Rangreth area of Srinagar. It is to mention here that two youth were martyred by the troops on Monday in a staged encounter at Rangreth and their killing had triggered anti-India demonstrations in the area.

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Srinagar, December 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference has strongly condemned the ruthless killing of yet another youth in custody by the brutal Indian troops in Surankote area of Poonch district.

The APHC spokesman in a statement issued in Srinagar said the fascist Indian regime led by Narendra Modi has crossed all limits of state terrorism in IIOJK which is a disputed territory since the forcible military invasion by India in 1947. He denounced the use of brute military force against the innocent Kashmiri people by India.

The spokesman deplored that the oppressed Kashmiris are neither allowed to bury the dead bodies of their near and dear ones martyred by Indian troops nor are they allowed to pay last rites and mourn their ruthless killing. He denounced the inhuman treatment meted out to the freedom-loving people of Kashmir by the Indian forces’ personnel in every nook and corner of the occupied territory.

The APHC spokesman urged the international human rights organizations including the United Nations Human Rights Council, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and International Committee of Red Cross to take cognizance of the unabated extrajudicial killings and ethnic cleansing of the Muslims by Indian troops in IIOJK to change the demography of the occupied territory.

He demanded an urgent probe by an international organisation under the auspices of the United Nations Secretary General into the heinous war crimes being perpetrated by the troops in IIOJK.

The spokesman said the Kashmir is one of the most dangerous disputes pending for the last over 7 decades before the United Nations and has consumed too much human lives so far. He said India’s continued intransigence is the main hurdle in the way of resolving the lingering dispute. He reiterated the strong commitment of the freedom loving people of Kashmir to take the ongoing freedom movement to its logical conclusion despite Indian state terrorism.

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Lakhimpur Kheri, December 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the October 3 Lakhimpur Kheri violence, has filed an application before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) to include new sections against the 13 accused to make their offence punishable under attempt to murder charges.

Vidhyaram Diwakar, the SIT investigating officer, filed the application last week in the CJM’s court for adding new sections in the warrant, replacing sections 279, 338 and 304A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). In his application, the investigating officer pointed out that the incident was well-planned and a deliberate act, and not of negligence or callousness.

The investigating officer has requested to add Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 326 (Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC after replacing sections 279 (Rash driving or riding on a public way), 338 (Whoever causes grievous hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently) and 304A (Causing death by negligence) of the IPC.

On October 3, eight people, including four protesting farmers, died after being mowed down by a SUV belonging to Indian Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni’s son Ashish Mishra. A local journalist was also killed in the violence that followed the incident.

The SIT has so far arrested several persons including Ashish Mishra. They are lodged in the Lakhimpur Kheri district jail. Meanwhile, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has given two weeks’ time to the Uttar Pradesh government to file a counter-affidavit on Ashish Mishra’s bail application. During the hearing of the case, additional advocate general Vinod Shahi apprised the court about the ongoing investigation. Shahi said that statements of a large number of witnesses were still to be recorded.

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Srinagar, December 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, four women were among five persons who were killed in a mishap in Ramban district. Five persons identified as Rahida Bano, Rubeena Begum, Amina Bano, Aasiya Bano and Sajad Ahmad – driver of the vehicle – died and two others Mohammad Yasin and Khalida were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge near Chuchater at Rajgarh-Kastigarh link road in the district.

Assistant sub-inspector of police post Rajgarh told media men that five persons were killed and two others injured. Meanwhile, unidentified man died during treatment at Government Medical College and Hospital in Jammu. The body of the deceased has been shifted to mortuary of the GMCH Jammu for identification.

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New Delhi, December 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):More than 50 per cent of people arrested under the draconian law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), in the past three years were below the age of 30 years, and says the data placed by the Indian government in the parliament.

The data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs in Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament, says that the highest number of people arrested under the law were from the states of Uttar Pradesh, Manipur and Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

As per official data, a total of 4,690 people were arrested under the UAPA between 2018 and 2002, of these 2,501 or 53.32 per cent were under the age of 30. The data was provided by Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, in a written reply in Lok Sabha.

According to the data, Uttar Pradesh accounts for the highest number of arrest in past three year at 1,338. Of this, 931 people were below 30 years of age. Following close behind UP, Manipur accounts for a total of 943 arrests under the black law in past three years. In Manipur, of the total arrests, 499 were below the age of 30 years. In Jammu and Kashmir a total of 750 arrests were made under UAPA in the same time, and 366 among them were of people under 30 years of age.

In the past, the Opposition parties have blamed the government of allegedly using the controversial law to muzzle the voices of dissent in the country. Several student leaders were arrested under the law during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the country. Recently, 102 people were charged under the law in Tripura in connection with social media posts relating to anti-Muslim violence in the state.

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Islamabad, December 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):Hurriyat AJK leaders, Abdul Majeed Malik, Qazi Imran, Khalid Shabbir and Sajjad Ahmed have strongly condemned the surge in Indian state terrorism in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement Vice Chairman Abdul Majeed Malik, Jammu and Kashmir Pir Panjal Freedom Movement Vice Chairman Qazi Imran, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Association Convener Khalid Shabbir and Jammu and Kashmir United Forum Vice Chairman Sajjad Ahmed in a joint statement issued in Islamabad said the Kashmiris are sacrificing their lives for a great cause and they would continue their struggle till complete success.

They appealed to the United Nations and other international bodies to take cognisance of Indian atrocities in IIOJK and put pressure on India to settle the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN resolutions and aspirations of the Kashmiri people. Paying homage to a youth who martyred by Indian troops in a fake encounter in Surankote area of Poonch, they said that India would not succeed in suppressing the Kashmiris’ freedom sentiment through the brutal tactics and the day was not far away when the dawn of freedom would rise in Jammu and Kashmir.

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New Delhi, December 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has taken strong exception to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s statement supporting those who are preventing Muslims from offering Friday prayers at designated sites in Gurgaon. According to Kashmir Media Service, AIMBPL General Secretary, Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, has termed the development as “unacceptable, unethical and unjust”.

For weeks, Hindutva groups have been disrupting the Juma namaz by holding intimidating protests at the designated sites where Muslims offer congregational prayer in Gurgaon. Instead of acting against these disruptors, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday lent voice to the disrupters.

“Namaz in open spaces, which has happened here, will not be tolerated at all. An amicable solution will be found by sitting together,” said Khattar. Reacting to Khattar’s remarks, Rahmani in a statement said Muslims are forced to offer namaz in the open because the government did not give permission to build mosques in Gurgaon. “Muslims are offering prayers in the open due to lack of mosques, They face rain and sunlight. Even in such conditions, stopping Muslims from offering namaz is deplorable and unacceptable,” he said.

Rahmani also pointed out that the government is also occupying Waqf property at several places. “The government is not returning those pieces of land but it is stopping Muslims from offering namaz,” he said. Calling those who are disrupting the namaz “terrorists”, AIMBPL demanded action against them and resolve the issue as soon as possible. He alleged that the disrupters belong to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal. Apart from AIMBPL, there are others, too, who have objected to the Haryana CM’s statement.

The political bureau of the Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) strongly condemned Khattar’s statement calling it extremely objectionable. “In the last few months, every Friday, people belonging to organizations like Bajrang Dal have disturbed or prevented Muslims from offering prayers in these designated spaces. The police have stood by allowing this miscarriage of justice to take place. Instead of ensuring that miscreants are punished and prayers allowed to be undertaken peacefully, the Chief Minister is denying the basic Constitutional right to one section of Indian citizens,” said the CPI-M.

The party also demanded that the Haryana government makes arrangements to ensure that Friday prayers proceed peacefully and that necessary permissions are given to the Muslim community to construct mosques and gain control of Waqf properties.

Congress Party also criticized Khattar. “Under the BJP govt, the ones following the law are targeted, not those who break it,” said party spokesperson, Shama Mohammed. Delhi University Professor and human rights activist, Apoorvanand said, the government has finally spoken the language of violent hooligans.

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