Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani today expressed serious concern over, what he said, the pathetic condition of Kashmiri political prisoners lodged in jails in and outside Jammu and Kashmir.
“Despite being political prisoners they are denied every right guaranteed in the national or international jail manual. Revengeful attitude of the rulers in Delhi has crossed every limit of heartlessness and insensitivity. They deliberately prolong the detention of these detainees through different means. Delaying tactics by the authorities has ruined the life of so many young Kashmiri prisoners. Those arrested on fictitious cases are yet to be provided the documentary evidence of their crimes,” Geelani said in a statement.
He said, “Sang Parivaar is prolonging their detention by using different tools. Shabir Ahmad Shah, Peer Saifullah, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Ayaz Akbar, Raja Meraj-ud-Din Kalwal, Nayeem Ahamad Khan, Shahid-ul-Islam, Farooq Ahmad Dar, Shahid Yousuf, Syed Shakeel Ahmad, Zahoor Ahamad Watali, Aasiya Andrabi, Fahmeedah Sofi, Naheedah Nasreen continue to bear the brunt of this victimization for more than a year now.”
He said, “Slapping Public Safety Act (PSA) for the 37 times on Masrat Aalam Bhat has created a history of non-compliance of the court orders. Rulers do not respect their own laws and even the release orders issued by the courts are disrespected and disobeyed.” “Kashmiri pro-freedom leaders and activists are slapped PSAs on fabricated charges. We urge the human rights bodies and international court of justice to take a serious note of this injustice and victimization of the incarcerated pro-resistance leaders and activists and ‘build pressure on New Delhi to at least honour the court verdicts,” Geelani added.
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