Srinagar, July 21, 2018 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference expressing concern over the deteriorating health condition of illegally detained Kashmiris has said that they are being ill-treated and subjected to mental and physical torture in jails. An APHC spokesman in a statement issued in Srinagar said that the authorities of Kot Bhalwal Jail were responsible for the death of late Ghulam Hassan Malik alias Noor Khan as no proper and specific treatment was provided to him.
The spokesman lashing out at jail authorities for their callous and inhuman approach said that the Kashmiri prisoners in jails were deprived of medical treatment. “Unavailability of medicines and medical care and substandard quality of food is taking toll on their health,” he added. The APHC spokesman while citing the ill treatment meted out to the detainees said that on one pretext or the other they were harassed, intimidated and subjected to political vendetta.
He condemned the illegal detention of Hurriyat leader, Ghulam Nabi Sumjhi, in police station Bijbehara and barring him from offering Friday prayers. He termed the act as an open aggression and interference in religious affairs. The spokesman appealed to the international human rights organizations to conduct visits to the jails of occupied Kashmir and India to see for themselves the plight of the Kashmiri prisoners.
Meanwhile, APHC leader, Molvi Bashir Ahmed Irfani, addressing a gathering at Hyderpora Masjid in Srinagar paid glowing tributes to late Ghulam Hassan Malik and extended his condolences to the bereaved family.
The Chairperson of Jammu and Kashmir Mass Movement, Farida Bahenji, in a statement issued in Srinagar demanded immediate release of all illegally detained Kashmiris. She called for an independent inquiry into the death of Hurriyat activist, Ghulam Hassan Malik alias Noor Khan, in Kot Bhalwal jail of Jammu. She condemned the thrashing of people and vandalizing of property by Indian troops in Mochwara area of Shopian during nocturnal raids.
On the other hand, the Jammu and Kashmir Tehreek-e-Hurriyat in a statement in Srinagar expressed concern over the deteriorating health of Hurriyat activists, Bashir Ahmed Sofi and Abdur Rehman Tantray, at Kot Bhalwal Jail.
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