UN urged to intervene for release of detained Kashmiri leadership, activists
Srinagar: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has appealed to the United Nations and international human rights organizations to pressure India to release all Kashmiri political detainees, including APHC leadership, youth, and activists held in inhumane conditions in jails of India and occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Kashmir Media Service, APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas in a statement issued in Srinagar stated that India cannot suppress the Kashmiri people’s freedom sentiment through illegal detentions, arrests, and harassment. He urged the UN and human rights organizations to secure the release of Kashmiri detainees, including APHC leadership, who have spent over two decades in jails.
The spokesman expressed concern over the plight of Kashmiri detainees, naming several individuals Dr. Muhammad Shafi Shariati, Dr. Mohammad Qasim Fakhtoo, Ghulam Qadir Butt, Nazir Ahmad Sheikh, Mohammad Ayub Dar, Mohammad Ayub Mir, Javed Ahmad Khan, Abdul Hameed Tailee, Tariq Ahmed Mattoo, Mahmood Topi Wala, Bashir Ahmad Pannu, Fayyaz Ahmed, Sharifud-Din-Gujjar, Muhammad Ashraf Peer, Khalid Mehboob Phalwan, Maqsood Ahmed Butt, Pervaiz Ahmed Mir, Mohammad Abbas Wani, Farooq Ahmad Sheikh, Abdul Waheed, Abdul Rasheed Mir and Fahdullah.who have been imprisoned for extended periods.
He also mentioned thousands of illegally detained APHC leaders, activists, and youth, including APHC chairman Masarrat Aalam Butt, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Aasiya Andrabi, Ayaz Akbar, Shahid-ul-Islam, Merajuddin Kalwal, Peer Saifullah, Farooq Ahmad Dar, Fehmeeda Sofi, Naheeda Nasreen, Dr Hameed Fayaz, Mushtaq-ul-Islam, Advocate Mian Abdul Qayoom, Advocate Nazir Ahmed Roonga, Adv Muhammad Ashraf Butt and Adv Muzaffar Qayoom, Molvi Bashir Ahmad Irfani, Bilal Siddiqi, Ameer Hamza, Abdul Ahad Parra, Zafar Akbar Butt, Muhammad Yousuf Fallahi, Omar Adil Dar, Sarjan Barkati, Saleem Nanaji, Muhammad Yasin Butt, Fayaz Hussain Jaferi, Adil Siraj Zargar, Showket Hakeem, Mohammad Hayat Bhat, Mehjudin Nanda, , human rights defender Khurrum Parvaiz, journalist, Irfan Majeed, Sajad Ahmad Dar and MP Eng Rashid, who face physical torture and biased behavior in jails of India and the occupied territory.
Despite continued detention and torture, the morale of Hurriyat leaders and activists remains high, and they are willing to sacrifice for the Kashmir cause.
The APHC appealed to the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, the International Committee of Red Cross, and human rights organizations to secure the release of jailed Kashmiris and settle the Kashmir dispute according to UN resolutions.
