ISLAMABAD: All Parties Hurriyat Conference senior leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has expressed deep concern over the plight of Kashmiri political prisoners, including the Hurriyat leadership, calling it extremely disturbing.
According to media reports, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Srinagar stated, “Repeatedly, we have asked to the Indian government for the release of these detainees and youth, but instead further arrests of innocent Kashmiris continue.”
Referring to a series of articles published in a reputed news portal, detailing the shocking conditions faced by Kashmiri political detainees, particularly in infamous Tihar prison, during the extreme heat in overcrowded barracks without low ceiling fans and coolers, high-voltage bulbs kept on at all times, trapping heat and making conditions more and more unbearable.
“This is extremely inhuman. If Indian authorities do not want to free these political prisoners, they must at least be treated them humanely as per the global law on the rights of prisoners and the prison manuals,” Mirwaiz grieved.
