COMMITTEE FOR THE RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
185/3, FOURTH FLOOR, ZAKIR NAGAR, NEW DELHI-110025
185/3, FOURTH FLOOR, ZAKIR NAGAR, NEW DELHI-110025
DATE: 19 September 2016
SAR Geelani
President
Amit Bhattacharyya
Secretary General
Sujato Bhadra
Vice President
Jagmohan Singh
Vice President
MN Ravunni
Vice President
Malem
Vice President
P Koya
Vice President
Hany Babu
Media Secretary
Rona Wilson
Secretary Public Relations
RELEASE KHURRAM PARVEZ
IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY!
IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY!
RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION OF THE PEOPLE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR!
WITHDRAW THE ARMY AND PARAMILITARY FROM THE REGION OF JAMMU & KASHMIR!
The Committee for the Release of
Political Prisoners condemns the illegal arrest/detention of Kashmiri
civil rights activist, Khurram Parvez, who is the chairperson of Asian
Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) and Coordinator of
Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Societies (JKCCS). Mr. Parvez, who was
earlier prevented from boarding a flight to Geneva where he was going to
attend the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Commission, was picked
up from his residence in Srinagar on Thursday and since then has been
transferred to a jail in Kupwara. Mr. Parvez has been slapped the arrest
order under Sections 107 and 151 of the CrPC which pertains to breach
of peace and motive to commit a cognizable offence.
The arrest of Khurram Parvez comes in the
wake of the killing spree that the Government of India has unleashed in
the Kashmir valley since July 2016 following the strongest civil
uprising in the valley. The statement issued by writers, lawyers and
intellectuals worldwide demanding the release of Khurram Parvez sums up
succinctly the situation in Jammu & Kashmir as it states:
“We note with horror that since July 2016 80 persons have been killed, over 11000 persons have been injured, over 1000 persons have been arrested and over 100 ambulances have been attacked.”
“We note with horror that since July 2016 80 persons have been killed, over 11000 persons have been injured, over 1000 persons have been arrested and over 100 ambulances have been attacked.”
The total disregard for anything
pertaining to international law as well as the zero political will to
look into the continuing protests of the people demanding their right to
self-determination as something to be addressed politically—with due
regards to the fundamental rights of the people—have resulted in an
ostrich like attitude of Delhi. This act of self-denial of the Indian
State with Narendra Modi government in Delhi have forced it more and
more closer to US imperialism which is further escalating the precarious
situation in the region. Possibly it is this fatal attraction to the US
that has made the points man of the RSS-BJP for J&K, Ram Madhav to
go over the top to demand a complete jaw for a tooth policy to rake up
the smokescreen of extraneous forces (read Pakistan) having a hand in
the continuing uprising of the people in J&K. Every now and then the
home minister, defence minister and the prime minister maintain that
the situation in J&K have come back to ‘normal’. If so then one
fails to understand why the need to hand over the entire South Kashmir
to the army with sweeping powers! Thus 70 days have gone since July 2016
with every inch of the region of J&K under curfew. Even on the day
of Eid many of the important mosques in the region were not allowed to
hold prayers. Restoring normalcy for the world’s largest democracy is to
ruthlessly crush the legitimate aspirations of the peoples of Kashmir
who are trying to give realization to their inalienable right of self
determination while continuously deny them their fundamental rights.
Needless to say that the manner in which
the Kashmir issue has been dealt with so far exposes the duplicity of
the Indian state, which recognizes self determination only in so far as
it applies to peoples under domination in foreign territory, but not to a
section of the people demanding the same within the territory of India.
The CRPP demands the unconditional
release of Khurram Parvez and calls upon the Government of India to
resolve the current crisis in Kashmir politically by recognizing the
aspirations of the people of Kashmir.
In protestSAR Geelani
President
Amit Bhattacharyya
Secretary General
Sujato Bhadra
Vice President
Jagmohan Singh
Vice President
MN Ravunni
Vice President
Malem
Vice President
P Koya
Vice President
Hany Babu
Media Secretary
Rona Wilson
Secretary Public Relations
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