Srinagar,
July 15, 2019 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the authorities invoked draconian
law, Public Safety Act on a teenage boy, Huzaifa Ahmad Butt, and sent him to
Udhampur jail in Jammu. The 17- year-old boy from Pattan was facing illegal
detention in Baramulla jail for the past six months. He has now been shifted to
Udhampur jail.
Over a
thousand Hurriyat leaders, activists and students are facing illegal detention
under black laws in jails of Jammu and in India’s infamous Tihar jail.
Prominent among them are Muhammad Yasin Malik, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Masarrat
Aalam Butt, Dr Hameed Fayaz, Aasiya Andrabi, Nahida Nasreen, Fehmida Sofi,
Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Mohammad Ayaz Akbar, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Peer Saifullah,
Merajuddin Kalwal, Farooq Ahmad Dar, Sarjan Barkati, Qazi Yasir, Advocate Zahid
Ali, Moulana Mushtaq Veeri, Ghulam Ahmad Gulzar, Muhammad Yousuf Mir, Noor
Muhammad Kalwal, Bashir Ahmad Boya, Bashir Kashmiri, Muhammad Yousuf Falahi,
Syed Shahid Yousuf, Syed Shakeel Ahmad, Shahid-ul-Islam, Muhammad Rafiq Ganai,
Zahoor Ahmad Butt, Javiad Ahmad But, Mohammad Ishaq Ganai, Nazir Ahmad Shaikh
and journalist Aasif Sultan.
It is
worth mentioning here that the Indian authorities are using the draconian law
as a tool to prolong the illegal detention of Kashmiri political prisoners.
Under this law, an individual is kept in prison from six months to two
two-years, but each time on the expiry of the detention period, the authorities
slap another PSA on him to prevent his release. World human rights bodies have
been demanding of Indian authorities to repeal draconian laws including Public
Safety Act and Armed Forces Special Powers Act in IOK.
Meanwhile,
Indian forces launched cordon and search operations in different areas of
Kulgam, Islamabad, Kupwara and Pulwama districts, today. The troops sealed all
the entry and exit points and conducted house-to-house searches. The CASOs were
jointly launched by personnel of Indian army, Central Reserve Police Force and
Special Operation Group.
An
Indian Central Reserve Police Force soldier committed suicide by shooting
himself with his service rifle during duty hours at Civil Secretariat in Jammu.
This incident raised the number of such deaths amongst the Indian army and
police personnel to 436 in occupied Kashmir since January 2007 till date.
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