Hurriyat (G) issues fresh 10-day protest calendar

Srinagar: The Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani Saturday issued a fresh protest calendar for the next ten days as part of the amalgam’s ‘Quit Kashmir’
According to the fresh protest calendar, the amalgam has asked people to observe complete shutdown and civil curfew on September 27. Hurriyat have been asked people to apprise the global community about the “grave situation in Kashmir through the internet.
On September 28, the conglomerate has asked people to observe complete shutdown and stage peaceful demonstrations from Zuhr to Asar prayers against forces’ excesses while as people have been asked to observe September 29 as a “normal day”.
September 30 would be strike again and people have been asked to stage peaceful protests from Zuhr to Asar prayers while as October 1 would be observed as a “normal day”.
“There would be complete strike on October 2 and people would protest peacefully after Friday prayers while as on October 3 besides observing a complete shutdown people are appealed to march towards Baramulla in order to pay tributes to the martyrs of Tangmarg and Palhallanm,” the amalgam said.
October 4 has been exempted from the purview of the strike while as people have been asked to observe complete strike on October 5 and march towards the frontier Kupwara district. On October 6, people have been asked to observe a complete shutdown and stage peaceful protests against “state crackdown”.
Meanwhile, asking people to trust the pro-freedom leadership, Geelani said the freedom movement is “dearer to us more than our lives and no one would be allowed to weaken or undermine”
He said at a time when India had “failed to curb our peaceful struggle on the ground, it is now resorting to cunning tactics of spreading rumours and false information through its agents in Kashmir.”
He said the recent statements of UN general secretary, Ban-Ki-Moon, Organisation of Islamic Conference and British MP, David Miliband were “encouraging” and appealed the international community to help the Kashmiris get their right to self determination.
He said the Kashmir issue was no border dispute between India and Pakistan and the two countrie cannot find any solution to the issue without taking the wishes, aspirations and sacrifices of Kashmiris into account.
He also condemned the re-arrest of Bar President Mian Qayoom under Public Safety Act and asked International Red Cross to take notice of the deteriorating health condition of Shabir Shah, Ashraf Sehrai and other pro-freedom leaders.