ISLAMABAD: Senior APHC leader and the Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai has reiterated his call for unfettered and unconditional access to the human rights organizations to independently monitor the grim human rights situation in the territory.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Sehrai in a statement issued in Srinagar said, the unresolved Kashmir dispute poses a great threat to stability in the South Asian region. He demanded unconditional release of all political leaders and activists including Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Masarat Alam Butt, Peer Saifullah, Ayaz Akbar, Raja Merajudin Kalwaal, Altaf Ahmed Shah, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Nisar Hussain Rathir, Mohammad Yousuf Falai, Abdul Ghani Butt, Umar Aadil Dar, Mushtaqul Islam and Ghulam Muhammad Khan Sopori.
Meanwhile, complete shutdown was observed in Tral and Awantipora areas of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district for the third consecutive day, today to mourn the killing of six youths by Indian forces. All shops and businesses establishments were closed while traffic was off the roads.
People from various areas continued to visit the residences of the martyred youth to offer condolences. The authorities at Islamic University of Sciences and Technology suspended class work and examinations amid fears of protests.
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