Jammu & Kashmir
Placed under house arrest for 3rd consecutive Friday, barred from visiting Jamia Masjid: Mirwaiz
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said he was once again put under house arrest and barred from offering prayers at Jama Masjid, Srinagar.
In a statement on X, Mirwaiz said this was the third consecutive Friday that he had been confined to his home.
“What law sanctions such an assault on basic rights and turns worship into a crime? Week after week, the authorities lock me inside my home, curb my freedom, and prevent me from fulfilling my religious duties, with no accountability for this authoritarian behaviour,” he said.
Mirwaiz strongly condemned what he called repeated curbs on his movement and the authorities’ “contempt for human rights and people’s sentiments.”