APHC demands immediate, unconditional release of detainees

All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) on Thursday has demanded immediate and unconditional release of all those arrested and lodged in various jails in J&K and across India before and after August 5, 2019.
APHC expressed serious concern over the condition of Kashmiri prisoners including Hurriyat leaders and activists and thousands of youth and Kashmiri from all walks of life who are detained in Tihar Jail, Kot Bhalwal Jail, Jodhpur Jail, Agra Jail, Amphala Jail, Haryana Jail and various other jails of India or have been under house arrest before and after August 5, 2019, especially in times of COVID 19. Aphc said that these prisoners are targets of oppression.
In a statement, APHC said that it’s Chairman Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq, who is also the leading religious leader of Jammu & Kashmir, continues to be under arbitrary house arrest since August 5, 2019; which is more than a year, is extreme high handedness of the state.
Such repressive actions by the authorities is not only a violation of his and other prisoners’ basic human rights but also an extreme step against their right to personal liberty guaranteed by world forums as the fundamental human rights of all people living on the globe, APHC said.
The conglomerate said that due to continuous detention and prison conditions the physical and mental condition of most of the prisoners has gone from bad to worse. This is a matter of serious concern and worry for the people of Kashmir and the world’s nations and human rights organisations have to take note of it.
The statement further said APHC reiterated, that policy of fear and repression, can not alter the reality on the ground with regard to people’s belief in their sentiment and their hope to realise it . It is stark for those willing to see it. APHC said the dispute has to be resolved sooner or later. The sooner it’s is resolved directly by going to the people of all regions of J&K as it existed before August 1947,or through deliberations among the key stakeholders known to all, the better it is for the people and peace of the entire region.