SRINAGAR – In occupied Kashmir, a protest march, organized by the JointResistance Leadership, was held in Srinagar on Wednesday, to press for therelease of all Kashmiri political prisoners languishing in different jailsof India and the occupied territory.
A large number of Hurriyat leaders and activists, led by Muhammad YasinMalik, assembled at Aabi Guzar in Srinagar and staged demonstration againstthe continued detention of Kashmiri political prisoners.
As the protesters tried to march towards Lal Chowk, Indian police tookMuhammad Yasin Malik and other Hurriyat leaders and activists into custodyand lodged them at Kothi Bagh police station.
Before his arrest, Yasin Malik talking to the reporters urged the UN HumanRights Council and other human rights organisations to put pressure onIndia to release all political prisoners.
The police also arrested Hurriyat leader Molvi Bashir Ahmed Irfani from hisresidence and shifted him to some unknown location.
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The authorities suspended mobile services in Hyderpora and Nigeen areas ofSrinagar in an attempt to prevent resistance leaders Syed Ali Gilani andMirwaiz Umar Farooq from addressing different functions in connection withKashmir Solidarity Day.
Meanwhile, a conference held in Qom city of Iran urged India and Pakistanto enter into dialogue to resolve the long-pending Kashmir dispute. Theconference was held to express unity with Kashmiri people.