Kashmir Liberation activists go on Hunger Strike, Renew Resolve  
Kashmir Media Service

NEW DELHI (India): The illegally detained Kashmiri liberation activists have gone on hunger strike in Tihar jail in New Delhi as a protest against forcing them to recite the Hindu prayer of OM.

Doctors attending to Hurriyat leader Muhammad Ashraf Laya, shifted from jail to SKIMS college hospital on July 2 for treatment, have advised jail authorities to extend his stay at hospital. Doctors said Laya could lose his eyesight if wasn't shifted to AIIMS, New Delhi for treatment.

Chained leaders renew resolve

Meanwhile in occupied Kashmir, furious demonstrations were held in the premises of a court in Srinagar today when two senior APHC leaders were brought for hearing.

The handcuffed leaders Mussarrat Aalam Butt and Firdous Ahmad Shah were greeted by hundreds of APHC leaders and activists with high-pitched anti-India and pro-liberation slogans.

The two leaders, while addressing huge gathering raised their chained hands and triumphantly declared that the day was not far off when Kashmiris were to get liberated from Indian bondage. They appealed to world human rights organisations to send their teams to occupied Kashmir to see for themselves the law of jungle prevailing in the territory.

APHC Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani accompanied by Hurriyat leader, Agha Syed Hassan Al Musavi visited Watergam area in Pattan today and urged the people to remain united in their struggle to secure right to self-determination.●