Occupied Kashmir’s All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) Chairman Syed Ali Gilani while hailing the commitment of illegally detained pro-freedom leaders, activists, and youths to the Kashmir cause, has called upon international human rights organisations to take cognizance of the plight of the detainees held in different jails and to use their influence for their immediate release.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar said, “The detainees held in Kathua, Kotbhalwal and Udhampore jails are living in miserable conditions without adequate facilities including medical treatment.”
During the ongoing people’s uprising, minors, elderly, and ailing people have been detained under the draconian Public Safety Act (PSA) and held in jails and in police stations.
Condemning the unabated arrest spree, he said, “The police are still chasing youths and harassing peaceful citizens with night raids.”
Besides arresting leaders and workers of the Tehreek-e-Hurriyet, scores of party activists of other pro-freedom parties including Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Muslim League, and Umat-e-Islami have been arrested and lodged in detention centres and police stations.”
The octogenarian leader added, “Despite the international community having declared the PSA an unjustified and draconian law, it is still indiscriminately used by the administration to justify its actions.”
Referring to the arrests in Baramula, the APHC chairman said, “Top brass police officers in the district are being extremely autocratic and cruel. In order to appease their masters in Delhi, these henchmen are detaining more and more people under the PSA.”
Syed Ali Gilani also expressed his grief for the fire victims of Court Road, Srinagar.
