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Thursday, May 6, 2010

Geelani Calls For Peaceful Protests


Srinagar, May 06, (KMW): The chairman of the Hurriyat (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani, on Thursday called for peaceful protests after Friday prayers tomorrow against the death sentence to two Kashmiris in the Lajpat Nagar blasts case, continued detention of political leaders, and the growing incidence of human right violations in Kashmir.
Geelani stressed on keeping the protests totally peaceful, and asked youth to refrain from acts that gave the police and the paramilitary forces the excuse to unleash violence.
Geelani, who visited a tear gas shell victim at the SKIMS, said that the police targeted peaceful demonstrations here with toxic shells meant for the war zone, which led to the loss of innocent lives and came under the purview of war crimes.
“Human rights organizations should take strong note of the practice,” he said.
The Hurriyat (G) chairman also visited the ailing daughter of his detained colleague, Ghulam Nabi Sumjhi, in Bijbehara, and flayed the “stone-hearted administration” for keeping the leader in jail despite court orders and the abject condition of his family.
Geelani reacted sharply to the statement by the minister for rural development, Ali Sagar, saying that the NC leader wanted to strengthen “Indian secularism” in Kashmir, and that the majority in the state was being turned into a minority under a deep conspiracy.

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