Pakistan Grieved At Demise Of Kashmiri Leader Ashraf Rehrai In Indian Custody: FO
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published May 05, 2021 | 07:53 PM
Pakistan while expressing its grief over the demise of senior Kashmiri leader Ashraf Sehrai in Indian custody on Wednesday called for immediate release of incarcerated Kashmiri leadership and all innocent Kashmiris "The Government and people of Pakistan are deeply grieved at the demise of senior All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leader and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir Chairman Ashraf Sehrai in Indian custody," Foreign Office said in a statement issued here
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th May, 2021 ) :Pakistan while expressing its grief over the demise of senior Kashmiri leader Ashraf Sehrai in Indian custody on Wednesday called for immediate release of incarcerated Kashmiri leadership and all innocent Kashmiris "The Government and people of Pakistan are deeply grieved at the demise of senior All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leader and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir Chairman Ashraf Sehrai in Indian custody," Foreign Office said in a statement issued here.
The senior Kashmiri leader was arrested last year on trumped up charges under the draconian Public Safety Act in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). He remained incarcerated in Indian jail under squalid conditions despite serious deterioration of his health and the prevailing COVID-19 crisis.
India's blatant attempts to portray the legitimate Kashmiri struggle as "terrorism", and to prosecute its leaders through concocted cases, was a clear violation of the UN Charter, UN Security Council and UN General Assembly resolutions, and international human rights and humanitarian law, it added.
"As the COVID-19 situation in India deteriorates, we also remain deeply concerned over the health and safety of the incarcerated Kashmiri leaders as well as other innocent Kashmiris, languishing in jails at undisclosed locations. Most of these jails are overcrowded and don't have any provision for precautions against the COVID-19," the statement mentioned.
Reportedly, some of the Kashmiri leaders in Indian jails have already contracted Corona virus. Unfortunately, they were not even provided any medical treatment.
Given the worst pandemic situation in India, the Indian Government must immediately release the incarcerated Kashmiri leadership and all innocent Kashmiris, the statement stressed.
The incarcerated Kashmiri leaders include, Aasiya Andrabi, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Shabir Ahmed Shah, Advocate Shahid-ul-Islam, Altaf Ahmed Shah, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Ayaz Akbar, Peer Saifullah, Raja Merajuddin Kalwal, Syed Shahid Yousuf, Shakeel Ahmed, Farooq Ahmed Dar, Fehmeeda Sofi, Nahida Nasreen, Zahoor Ahmed and others. Many others were under house arrest including Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, it added.
"We once again call upon the United Nations and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to urge India to drop all fabricated charges against political leaders of IIOJK and provide them complete legal protections, including the right to a free and fair trial," the Foreign Office statement said.
"For its part, Pakistan will continue to support the Kashmiri people in their rightful struggle against Indian oppression till the realization of their inalienable right to self-determination as enshrined in the UN Security Council Resolutions," it added.
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