page_title: Qazi Nisar
section_title: Activism
hierarchical_section_title: Qazi Nisar / Activism
caption_attribution_description: English: Qazigund
context_page_description: Qazi Nisar was the Mirwaiz of South Kashmir. He was a founding member of the Muslim United Front that contested the 1987 Legislative Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ummat e Islami. He was a vocal advocate of freedom for Kashmiris.
context_section_description: His activism started at age 19, when he was arrested for the first time for organizing a protest against the then Congressman, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. He was bailed out after a week and was arrested again a month later. In 1985, he was jailed in Amphala jail for 6 months. He went to watch Indian Parliament proceedings where he bashed the parliamentarians in one of his best speech on the hanging of Mohammed Maqbool Bhat. He was perhaps one of the first people to observe 11 February as "Day of Reaffirmation" alongside Shakeel Bakshi, Nayeem Khan and Yasin Malik. in 1985 when he openly defied Governor Jagmohan’s dictate not to consume meat during a Hindu Festival, sacrificing two sheep in the main town square. In 1986, he was detained again. "In Central Jail alone more than 1000 against a capacity of low hundreds were lodged in central Jail Srinagar, 50 people were lodged in each cell against a capacity of 15-20 people" says Mohammed Saeed from Pahalgam. He was detained again for 7 months in 1988 and 30 months in 1990.
  Launched in 1985, after the escalation of human rights violations in Kashmir, The Khyri Aam Trust, spread across Kashmir , undertaking social work initiatives. The trust provided monthly compensation to widows of war and families of war victims. The trust operated across Southern Kashmir. They rehabilitated flood victims and provided temporary shelter to victims. He assisted in the marriage of more than 100 poor girls. 
  He was an enthusiastic human rights activist. He documented human rights violations in Kashmir and presented them to various human rights bodies including the Red Cross Society and Amnesty International. He presented memoranda to United Nations Members and Islamic Nations including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq. He got FIRs registered in many inhumane killings, massacres and rapes.
caption: Khyri Aam Members distributing relief at Czogam
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