APHC said that they fear that the arrested could be pressurized and harassed during interrogation and after being framed in a fabricated case, false alibis could be produced against them to implicate and sentence them.
Hurriyat said It is evident from the manner in which the Indian media is portraying these investigations that they are meant to further vitiate Indian public opinion against Kashmiris and thereby the ruling party in India can derive political dividend out of it.
While acknowledging the unwavering support of the people for their political movement and the leadership, the Hurriyat has thanked them for observing a shutdown to protest and condemn the Government for its persecution of leadership.
APHC also condemned the repeated curfew and restrictions imposed in downtown Srinagar under the garb of maintaining so called “law and order” and said that people of downtown are the constant target of the states revenge against Kashmiri people’s political aspirations and their support to the movement.
Hurriyat said vandalizing homes and damaging property by the Indian forces has become the order of the day especially in rural Kashmir referring to the Qaimoh and Tarigam Villages in Kulgam where residents were beaten up and their homes broken into and damaged. On the directions of the Chairman sr. Hurriyat leader Mr. Mukhtar Ahmad Waza visited the affected villages and expressed solidarity on behalf of Hurriyat Leadership with the affected people.
In the meanwhile Hurriyat spokesman has strongly condemned the continuous house arrest of Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Dr. Mohammad Umar Farooq, Sr. Resistance leader Syed Ali Geelani sahib and repeated arrest of JKLF chairman Mohammad Yaseen Malik and termed it completely dictatorial.