Thursday 18th Jun, 2026
Srinagar, Oct 19: Hurriyat Conference (M) Friday said that the aggressive policy and approach of New Delhi towards the people of Kashmir is becoming more brutal as almost every day Kashmiri youth are being killed and targeted ruthlessly.
A Hurriyat (M) spokesperson urged the world community including UN, OIC and other organisations across the globe to take serious note of “unabated human rights violations, killings, maiming and thrashing of youth, men and women, the arrest of resistance leaders and slapping them with the draconian PSA in Valley”.
In a statement issued to GNS, the spokesperson said that there is hardly any area in Kashmir where forces have not let loose “terror” through the barrel of their guns.
The Hurriyat (M) lashed out at the present government in Kashmir over the strict imposition of curfew across downtown for the third consecutive day and locking down of historic and grand masjid of Kashmir, the Jamia Masjid, for 2nd consecutive week and 15th time this year by disallowing people from offering the congregational prayers on Fridays.
The spokesperson said disallowing Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid is hurting the religious sentiments of thousands of people across the Valley and is a direct interference in the religious affairs of Muslims.
The amalgam strongly denounced the continuous house confinement of its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq saying he is barred from carrying out social, religious and political activities. This is utter frustration on part of authorities and sheer vendetta, he said.
The Hurriyat (M) urged the global organisations fighting for the religious freedom to take serious note of frequent forcible closure of Kashmir’s central mosque.
The spokesperson strongly condemned the forces’ action “who went berserk in Trichal village of Pulwama by thrashing the inmates to the pulp including women, elderly and youth”. He termed it an act of frustration.
Meanwhile, on the directions of Hurriyat (M) chairman, a high-level delegation led by senior amalgam leader and Awami Action Committee leader Ghulam Nabi Zaki visited the residences of Mehrajudin Bangroo, Rayees Sofi and Faid Mushtaq Waza at Fateh Kadal and Khanyar and expressed solidarity with the bereaved families. The delegation offered congregational fateha prayers for the slain.
The amalgam also paid rich tributes to four armed youth killed at the LoC in Uri area of north Kashmir and also the two youth killed in a shootout in Baramulla district.
The Hurriyat (M) said that the “stubborn” approach of New Delhi is pushing Kashmiri youth to the wall and forcing them to choose armed means of resistance to fight the “oppression and repression”. (GNS)