Signature Drive For Return of Mortal Remains of Butt, Guru

In occupied Kashmir, APHC leaders including Javed Ahmad Mir, Hakeem Abdur Rasheed, Imtiyaz Ahmed Reshi, Jaffer Kashmiri and Ghulam Mustafa Butt, today, addressed a signature campaign in Soura and other parts of Srinagar regarding return of mortal remains of Muhammad Maqbool Butt and Muhammad Afzal Guru.
According to Media sources, on the occasion, they leaders condemned the arrest of pro-freedom leaders and restrictions on political leaders, as they were not allowed to offer Friday prayers.
They said that harassment of the family of pro-freedom leaders and highhandedness of any kind would never be accepted and tolerated. They said that after the execution of Muhammad Maqbool Butt and Muhammad Afzal Guru, Indian forces in Kashmir had started crackdown against the Kashmiri people. They said that houses of the pro-freedom leaders ware being raided and political activists had been arrested.On the occasion, the Hurriyet leaders led a rally and raised pro-freedom slogans besides demanding the return of mortal remains of the martyrs from New Delhi’s Tihar jail.