Srinagar
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has expressed deep concern over the continued illegal detention of Hurriyat leaders and activists in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and Indian prisons, calling for their immediate release, according to Kashmir Media Service.
APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas said India is detaining these leaders as part of a “large-scale political vendetta.” He listed several prominent detainees, including APHC chairman Masarrat Aalam Butt, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Asiya Andrabi, Naeem Ahmad Khan, Fahmida Sofi, Naheeda Nasreen, Ayaz Mohammad Akbar, Pir Saifullah, Raja Miraj-ud-Din Kalwal, Advocate Shahid Islam, Farooq Ahmad Dar, Mushtaq-ul-Islam, Molvi Bashir Irfani, Bilal Siddiqi, Dr. Mohammad Qasim Faktoo, Dr. Abdul Hameed Fayyaz, Fayaz Hussain Jafari, and human rights activist Khurram Parvez.
Minhas highlighted that detainees are being denied medical care and basic facilities, and that the BJP-led Indian government has imprisoned them under fabricated charges using draconian laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Public Safety Act (PSA). He described these arrests as part of a systematic misuse of counter-terrorism laws targeting Kashmiris.
