Srinagar: Separatists to stage protests tomorrow against Trump's move to announce Jerusalem as Israel's capital

The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Thursday condemned US President Donald Trump's decision declaring Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel.

The leadership in a statement said, "Kashmiris are and will continue protesting against this horrible US decision and will stage peaceful protests across the valley on December 8, after Friday prayers."

The leadership also called for a shutdown on December 10, on the International Human Rights Day. The leaders said that for last 70 years, people of Jammu and Kashmir are facing Indian "aggression and oppression".

"Lakhs of people have been killed and this killing spree is continuing unabated. Thousands of young and old have disappeared in custody, thousands of unmarked graves bear witness to extrajudicial killings, attacks on the chastity of women are being used as a weapon of war and thousands of innocents have been going through jails and incarcerations," the statement said.

The leaders said that on December 10, Kashmiris will observe a complete shutdown and blackout to protest against "gross human rights violations" and the criminal silence of the international community.

The statement said that JRL leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik will lead a protest rally from Hamza Masjid Kokarbazar, Lal Chowk towards UN observers' office in Srinagar where a memorandum will be handed over to the UN representative.

A seminar will also be held in this connection on Saturday, December 9, in which human rights abuses in Jammu Kashmir will be highlighted.

The seminar titled 'Human rights violations in Kashmir and criminal silence of the international community' will be held at Hyderpora (office of Syed Ali Geelani), the statement said.

Meanwhile, Mirwaiz Omar Farooq has been put under house arrest ahead of proposed protests he has called for after Friday prayers in Kashmir.