{"id":36766,"date":"2021-02-18T16:18:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T10:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=36766"},"modified":"2021-02-18T16:18:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T10:48:17","slug":"push-for-dialogue-mirwaizs-hurriyat-tells-visiting-envoys-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=36766","title":{"rendered":"Push for dialogue, Mirwaiz\u2019s Hurriyat tells visiting envoys"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><em>Curated tour to showcase normalcy in the Valley is misleading, it says<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>The Hurriyat, headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Wednesday urged the visiting 24 diplomats to \u201cpush for a dialogue\u201d on the Kashmir issue.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe envoys should use their good offices and help in facilitating dialogue among India, Pakistan and people of J&amp;K for the resolution for the sake of peace in this highly volatile region,\u201d a Hurriyat spokesman said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Hurriyat said a curated tour of foreign dignitaries to showcase normalcy in the Valley is misleading. \u201cPeoples\u2019 spontaneous strike, only means of protest left to them, speaks volumes of what they feel and want.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It said the Hurriyat\u2019s efforts towards \u201cseeking a dialogue among India, Pakistan and people of J&amp;K as a means of peaceful resolution of the issue has been snubbed\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It said the people of J&amp;K have for the past 74 years \u201cbeen demanding the resolution of the Kashmir conflict, which arose in 1947\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cInstead of a dialogue, a policy of repression and intimidation in varying degrees has been pursued by the government of India resulting in severe human rights abuses.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Hurriyat alleged that efforts were on \u201cto change the demographic composition of J&amp;K to undermine its disputed nature\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAfter J&amp;K was downgraded to a Union Territory and brought under the direct rule of the Centre, all forms of peaceful protest or dissent by the people to this unilateral authoritarian move and its resultant effects, is curbed by force.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curated tour to showcase normalcy in the Valley is misleading, it says The Hurriyat, headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Wednesday urged the visiting 24 diplomats to \u201cpush for a dialogue\u201d on the Kashmir issue. \u201cThe envoys should use their good offices and help in facilitating dialogue among India, Pakistan and people of J&amp;K for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36766","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=36766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}