JKLF Leaders, activists protest against plight of Kashmiri prisoners

5 Dariya News

Srinagar 27-Jul-2018

“Kashmiris prisoners are facing worst apathy in Indian jails and the jails of Jammu Kashmir. Torturing inmates, putting them in solitary confinements and humiliating their visitors have become a common practice of authorities in jails,” said the chairman of JKLF Muhammad Yasin Malik while condemning the “ongoing oppression” against Kashmiri inmates.In a statement issued to GNS, Malik said that Kashmiris are facing worst apathy in Indian jails. He said that India being a signatory to the Geneva Convention on prisoners was supposed to adhere to the international law but contrary to this, New Delhi “is employing every oppressive means to inflict more and more harm to these inmates and suppressing them ruthlessly”. “Slapping repeated PSAs, employing police tactics to prolong incarceration of prisoners, using agencies like NIA, ED to put Kashmiris in Indian jails, shifting lifers and other detainees from Kashmiri jails to jails in Jammu, denying proper medical facilities’ to inmates , torturing, beating, putting them into solitary confinements, keeping them naked inside prison cells, humiliating and torturing their kith and kin who come to see them at jails and other incarceration centers and other oppressive measures like these have become a new normal in Jammu Kashmir and it is the obligation of the international community, human rights organizations, civil societies, ,International Red cross (ICRC) and others to take note of this , intervene to safeguard the rights of these prisoners of conscience and use their good offices to get them released from incarceration,” Malik said.Meanwhile, a statement issued to GNS said that on the call of JRL, JKLF leaders and activists staged a peaceful protest against “unrelenting oppression” on Kashmiri detainees.The statement said that JKLF leaders and activists along with people from many walks of life gathered at Maisuma Lal Chowk and staged a peaceful protest. Holding placards in their hands and raising slogans in favor of prisoners, the protesters marched towards Lal Chowk and staged a peaceful sit-in near Budshah Chowk. This sit-in was addressed by vice chairman advocate Bashir Ahmad Butt and others. (GNS)