Srinagar: Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has paid tributes to “one of the founder members of Kashmir’s freedom struggle” Muhammad Maqbool Bhat on his 35th martyrdom anniversary and also to the Kashmir’s “brave-heart” Muhammad Afzal Guru on his 6th anniversary who were sent to gallows in Delhi’s Tihar Jail, saying “their sacrifices have got etched in our collective conscience as a nation striving for right to self-determination”.
Mirwaiz in a statement issued to GNS said the sacrifices offered by Bhat and Guru “are a constant reminder of the great sacrifices rendered by the nation in our 71-year-long struggle”.
“The best way to pay tributes to the martyrs of Kashmir, including Shaheed Bhat and Shaheed Guru, is that we remain united and steadfast in pursuance of our cause that has priceless sacrifices at its back,” he said.
Hurriyat (M) chairman further said: “New Delhi through lakhs of its forces and huge military apparatus controls us and has left no stone unturned to crush people’s resistance and resolve for the resolution of the dispute and every day new suppressive methods are employed in this regard.”
Mirwaiz urged the international community to take note of the people’s sacrifices and the “repression unleashed by the Government of India (GoI). The world bodies especially world human rights organizations must play their role and ask New Delhi to return the mortal remains of Bhat and Guru which remain buried in Tihar Jail against all norms of humanity, to their families for burial in own land Kashmir, he said.
Meanwhile, a Hurriyat (M) spokesperson has strongly condemned the detention of its Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik, senior Hurriyat leaders Mukhtar Ahmad Waza, Engineer Hilal Ahmad War and other pro-freedom leaders and activists. (GNS)
