Incidents and All Parties Hurriyat Conference: 2014

Date

Nature of incident

January 4

J&K

Accusing UN of succumbing to the pressure of super powers, Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said the world body has miserably failed in Kashmir and now the Hurriyat will move ahead with "various alternatives" to find a solution to Kashmir issue.

The leadership crisis in the Mirwaiz faction of separatist conglomerate APHC worsened with a group of dissidents holding a separate meeting, challenging their expulsion by Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.

Three top separatist leaders Shabir Shah, Nayeem Khan and Azam Inquilabi have quit Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led faction of the Hurriyat Conference after the amalgam's leader wrote a letter to its PoK chapter accusing the trio of "indiscipline".

Militant outfit LeT supported the strike call on January 26 given by APHC-G 'Chairman' Syed Ali Shah Geelani.

Kashmir valley observed shutdown in response to a strike called by APHC-G to protest against the killing of seven militants.

APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said Kashmir issue can never be resolved by elections and People should stay away from the polls in the Valley.

Syed Ali Shah Geelani, chairman of APHC-G called for a Valley wide strike on April 30, 2014. He called for the strike in connection with the killing of three militants in Shopian.

APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq called upon the India and Pakistan to boldly move forward towards a full-fledged peace process and resolve Kashmir issue once and for all.

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman of APHC-M, said Kashmir is not a religious issue. "It is extremely unfortunate that government was spreading misleading information among people regarding Kashmir dispute and presenting it as a Pakistan sponsored problem. In reality Kashmir issue was a living reality for which people have rendered innumerable sacrifices," Mirwaiz alleged.

APHC-M called for shutdown in election areas on December 14, saying "polls can never replace right to self determination as the final resolution to Kashmir." "We reject the staged drama of polls in Kashmir and once again appeal people to observe complete shutdown in poll bound areas on December 14," the Hurriyat spokesperson said. The APHC-M condemned the continuous house arrest of its Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and debarring him from offering Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar.