{"id":1860,"date":"2014-04-29T15:01:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T15:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kashmir-today.net\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2014-04-29T15:01:07","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T15:01:07","slug":"arrests-undemocratic-uncivilized-untoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=1860","title":{"rendered":"Arrests undemocratic, uncivilized: Untoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Srinagar:<\/strong> Condemning the fresh arrest spree across the valley, the International Forum for Justice and Human Rights \u2013 JK (IFJHR-JK)\u00a0Tuesday\u00a0said the administration cannot justify its actions in the name of \u201csecurity concern\u201d due to which uncertainty has been created.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere on earth does police arrest youth for conducting smooth elections, this is totally undemocratic and unacceptable to any democratic nation,\u201d chairman IFJHR-JK, Muhammad Ahsaan Untoo said.<\/p>\n<p>He demanded unconditional release of all those arrested persons accused as stone pelters and trouble mongers by the government. \u201cAround 700 persons have been so far arrested in various districts of Kashmir and are \u2018wrongly\u2019 labeled as threat to free and fair conduct of elections,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lashing out at police, Untoo said that arresting 700 youth tantamount to arresting 700 voters. \u201cHow come in a democratic setup authorities allow the \u201cpolice-dictatorship\u201d. This is a sheer violation of basic human rights,\u201d Untoo said.<\/p>\n<p>The HR forum Chairman also castigated authorities for detaining vehicles in the name of security concern. \u201cThese methods are, in no way, justified to ensure the peaceful atmosphere in the valley. Instead such actions will contribute to the chaos and uncertainty in the valley,\u201d he vowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe International Forum for Justice and Human Rights will not allow any kind of human rights violation from any sector of the administration and we will continue to raise our voice against such injustices taking place in the name of whatever conditions. We also urge administration to immediately release the youth in the better interest of peace in the valley,\u201d Ahsaan Untoo added. (GNS)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: Condemning the fresh arrest spree across the valley, the International Forum for Justice and Human Rights \u2013 JK (IFJHR-JK)\u00a0Tuesday\u00a0said the administration cannot justify its actions in the name of \u201csecurity concern\u201d due to which uncertainty has been created. \u201cWhere on earth does police arrest youth for conducting smooth elections, this is totally undemocratic and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}