Police security for APHC team sought

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 13. The Confederation of Human Rights Organisations (CHRO) has urged the State Government to provide police security to the leaders of the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) who are scheduled to visit the State from September 2.

Addressing a press conference here today, the secretary general of the CHRO, Mr. Mukundan. C. Menon, alleged that the CPI (M), BJP and RSS workers were unleashing adverse and politically- motivated campaign against the visit. Since the main opposition has come from the CPI (M) and BJP cadres, the State Government should provide adequate police security to the leaders of the delegation, he said.

Mr. Menon said the CHRO did not support or oppose the APHC or any of its 23 constituent bodies. ``The visit by the APHC team is a democratic process and the delegation has every right to express its views in any part of the country, he said.

Though the APHC leaders had visited Chennai, they did not face any threat. But here, the BJP and the CPI (M) were campaigning against the visit, he said.

The team consisting of Mr. Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, head of the Awami Action Committee, Mr. Abdul Gani Lone, leader of the People's League, and Mr. Yasin Malik, chairperson of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, will take part in public meetings at Kozhikode on September 2 and at Thiruvananthapuram on September 3.

The members of the reception committee constituted by the CHRO, Mr. B.R.P. Bhaskar, Mr. Maithreyan, Dr. P. Muralidharan and Dr. Abdul Salam, attended the press conference.

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