India using election dramas to legitimise occupation: Gilani

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ISLAMABAD : In occupied Kashmir, senior Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani urging people to boycott the so-called elections has said that India is using these elections to malign the ongoing liberation movement in different international forums.
Syed Ali Gilani was addressing a seminar organized by the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) and titled “Self-determination and elections under occupation”, KMS reported.
Attacking India for not being serious to resolve the Kashmir dispute, Syed Ali Gilani said, “India has signed almost eighteen resolutions in the United Nations about Kashmir but has failed to implement them,” adding, “It has used all means to crush the genuine demand of Kashmiri people.”
He further added that the root cause of the dispute was the conspiracy of British and the Indian National Congress at the time of division of the sub-continent into two dominions namely Pakistan and India.
Hurriyet leader said though according to the UN resolutions these elections in the occupied territory have no bearing on the Kashmir dispute, but India was using the elections to legitimise its illegal occupation of the disputed territory.
Coming hard at the pro-Indian parties, Syed Ali Gilani maintained that they were responsible for strengthening the Indian occupation of Kashmir and facilitating the implementation of draconian laws like Disturbed Area Act, which gives license to Indian troops to kill people on mere suspicion.
Enumerating scores of incidents including massacres,custodial killings, arson and arrests that have taken place during the rule of the pro-Indian parties, Syed Ali Gilani stressed that the leaders of these parties including Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, Dr Farooq Abdullah and Ghulam Nabi Azad were involved in the genocide of Kashmiris and should be tried in the international court of justice.

Syed Ali Shah Gilani
Syed Ali Geelani is one of the renowned leaders of the Islamic Movement and the All Parties Hurriyat Conference. He is one of the few leaders of the held Kashmir who raised his voice effectively and forcefully against the Indian occupation. He has spent 14 years of his life in prison and has thus become one of the few public leaders to spend so long a period of his life in prison. He is one of the few persons who strengthened the Islamic Movement in Kashmir and is, again one of the few persons who have been leading the Islamic forces quite admirably. During the past 50 years he has manfully braved persecution and faced tremendous difficulties.Syed Ali Geelani commenced his struggle in 1950. Afterwards he associated himself with the Islami Movement which under the name of Jama'at-e-Islami had started its crusade against the Indian imperialism right from 1947 when India committed her ignominious military interference under the garb of a questionable Accession by the fugitive autocratic ruler of the State.It was on August 28, 1962, at the age of 30 years, that Syed Ali Geelani was for the first time arrested and imprisoned. He had to remain in prison for 13 months. During this imprisonment his father passed away but he was not allowed to participate in his obsequies.On 7th of March 1965 Mr. Syed Ali Geelani along with several of his companions was arrested and imprisoned on charges of having secret contacts with Pakistan. He was set free after one year and ten months.In between 1967 and 1977 he was several times alternately jailed and released.In the month of October, 1983, when a cricket match between India and West Indies was scheduled to be played in the State Capital, Srinagar, it was Mr Syed Ali Geelani who vociferously opposed the holding of the match on the plea that Kashmir, being a disputed territory and not a legitimate part of India, could not be a proper venue for the match. He was jailed and tried in the court of law at the behest of the government of India. Seeing that crowds of people would remain in and outside the court room during the proceedings. The government arranged to hold in-camera trial.Again. from 1983 to 1986 he was several times put behind the bars 20 months & 10 months.In 1972 Mr. Syed Ali Geelani returned to the State Legislative Assembly on the ticket of Jama'at-e-Islami, Jammu and Kashmir.For sometime i.e. from 1987 to 1989, he was actively associated with the combined of eleven parties namely, The Muslim United Front whose appearance had a far reaching effect on the politics of the State. It was after his release in 1986 from a fairly long incarceration that he started a campaign for attracting the Muslim youth towards jihad (holy war) against the continued occupation of Kashmir by India. Almost all his lectures and discourses were full of the powerful rhetoric in favour of this jihad. On 7th of September 1986 during his incarceration he experienced cardiac trouble and was kept under the Intensive Care. During the illness the rumour of his death brought his followers and well-wishers on to the streets in rallies and processions Upon the contradiction by the government broadcast over the radio the worried followers and admirers across the valley heaved a sigh of relief.From March 1987 to 1989 Syed Ali Geelani effectively led the Muslim United Front within the Legislative Assembly and kept on highlighting the Kashmir problem to the utter chagrin and discomfiture of Indian government and its local supporters. When in 1989 the armed resistance against the continued Indian presence in the State began he alongwith his colleagues in the Front resigned his seat in the Legislature to join the public in support of the said resistance. All the Pro-freedom parties joined in a new combine under the name of Tahreek-e-Hurriyat with the reputed advocated Miyaan Abdul Qayoom as its chairman. The Indian government responded with a ban on all the constituents of this combine and got the leaders of these constituents arrested. Mr. Syed Ali Geelani was among those arrested and shifted to torture centre before sending them to different prisons in India.By the end of 1991 Syed Ali Geelani along with the other jailed leaders were brought to the Indian capital, New Delhi where they were offered conditional release which they rejected vehehemently.To sum up, Syed Ali Geelani is a sincere, capable and courageous leader who has been constantly influencing the Kashmiri youth with his sincerity of purpose perseverance and steely determination. who has inspired by his indominatable fighting spirit which has kept the flame of the struggle for the Kashmiris right of self-determination burning in the hearts of the millions of the freedom-loving people of the State.

Syed Ali Shah Geelani - A Profile Name : Syed Ali Geelani S/o : Syed Peer Shah Geelani Place of birth : Zoori Munz, Tehsil Bandipora, District Baramullah Date of birth : 27-9-1929 (Twenty Seventh September, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty Nine) Educational Qualification: i) Adeeb-e-Aalim, Punjab Universityii) Adeeb-e-Faazil, University of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar.iii) Munshi Faazil, University of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar.Started his career in 1949 as a government teacher and taught in the following institutions during the brief tenure:* Primary School, Pather Masjid, Srinagar.* High School, Rainawari, Srinagar.* Middle School, Kani Kaddal, Srinagar.* Middle School, Bomai, Sopore* Intermediate College, Sopore.* Middle School, Dangarpora, Sopore.MIGRATED in 1950 from Zoori Munz to Duroo, Zainagear, Tehsil Sopore. Became member of Jama'at-e-Islami, Jammu and Kashmir in 1953.RESIGNED from the government service in 1959.Held the following offices in the Jama'at-e-Islami: Ameer-e-Halqa Sopore; Ameer District Baramulla; Qayim-e-Jama'at; Editor 'Azaan'- the Party's official organ; acting Ameere-Jama'at; Chairman Political Bureau; editor 'Tuloo'.Details of imprisonment spread over for 28th August 1962 to 9th June, 2002: Date of Arrest Detention Period 1st Imprisonment 28-08-1962 13 months2nd" 07-05-1965 22 months3rd " 05-07-1975 04 months4th" 07-12-1975 04 months5th" August 1980 04 months6th" 06-03-1984 10 months7th" 28-01-1985 20 months8th" 10-04-1990 24 months9th" 22-10-1993 12 months10th" 1995 03 months11th" 1999 07 months12" 09-06-2002 10 monthsSo many times house arrested by the Government. Especially on the occasion of Eid and Friday's Prayers.Details of participation in various elections to State Legislature: Year of Election Result 1972 Victory 1977 Victory 1987 Victory Resigned the Assembly seat on 30th August, 1989Books Authored: A Pamphlet in urdu titled "Vinoba Bhave Say Mulaqaat"Aulad-e-Ibraheem (Pamphlet)Ek Pahloo Yeh Bhi Hai Kashmir ki Tasweer Ka (Pamphlet)Qisa-e-Dard First EditionQisa-e-Dard Second EditionRoodad-e-Oafas IRoodad-e-Oafas IIRoodad-e-Oatas III (Script seized by the BSF on 09-03-1993) Muqadama IlhaqMalit-e-MazloomToo Baki NahienMera Payan aur HaiKargilTalakh HakayakEllan-e-JangbandiHijrat Aur ShadatKralkhud se Joidhpur TakQurbaniKari Jahan Bay SabatKuno AnsarullahRehrawani IshiqSahadat Gaye UlfatUmedi BaharWa Tasimu Bi Hablillahi JamiaIqbal Apni Paygam ki Roshni MainRasool-e-Rehmat(pbuh) Asri Hazir MainSadaie Dard -ISadaie Dard -IISadaie Dard -III11 September ka Bad "Paschi Bayad Karad"Shayad Ki Utar Jayay Tera Dil Main Meri BaatPayam-e-AkhreenMaqtal Se WapseeNawa-e-Hurriyat-e-KashmirA letter to V.P. Singh, an Ex-Prime Minister of India.A letter to Chandra Shekhar an Ex-Prime Minister of India.Qual-e-Faisal-Deposition addressed to the tribunal.Deed-u-ShaneedEid Paygam, 2004, 2005Present Public Positions. Chairman, Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and KashmirChairman, All Parties Hurriyat Conference.

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