In occupied Kashmir, despite curfew and other restrictions imposed by the authorities, people took to the streets at several places against the illegal detention of APHC leaders under draconian Public Safety Act.The people also protested against the restrictions on the movement of the APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.
Forceful anti-India demonstrations marked with crippling strike were held at Nowhatta, Gojawara, Baramulla, Kupwara, Sopore, Islamabad, Shopian, Pattan and Palhalan. Dozens of people were injured when Indian police personnel resorted to brute force to break up the demonstrations.
The APHC Chairman while talking on telephone to Kashmir Media Service, urged India to reciprocate APHC’s five point proposal of the withdrawal of troops, repeal of black laws, inclusion of Kashmiri leadership in the talks process, free movement and free trade within different parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Besides the APHC Chairman, other Hurriyet leaders including Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi, Muhammad Yasin Malik and Yasmin Raja continued to remain under house arrest and were not even allowed to offer Juma prayers.
Curfew was imposed in Pulwama and the troops had sealed all entry points to the town to prevent Pulwama March, call for which was given by senior Kashmiri Hurriyet leader Syed Ali Gilani, supported by the APHC Chairman.
The Executive Directors of Kashmir Centers in London and Brussels, Professor Nazir Shawl and Barrister Abdul Majid Tramboo in their separate statements condemned the detention of Hurriyet leaders, Syed Ali Gilani, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Aasiya Andrabi, Mohammad Salim Nunnaji, Mussarat Aalam Butt and Farooq Ahmad Dar.
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