Thrashing Of Political Detainees In Tihar Jail Condemned

Hurriyat leaders and organizations have strongly denounced the thrashing of Kashmiri political prisoners in New Delhi's Tihar jail

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Nov, 2017 ) :Hurriyat leaders and organizations have strongly denounced the thrashing of Kashmiri political prisoners in New Delhi's Tihar jail. According to Kashmir Media Service, APHC leader Muhammad Yousuf Naqash, in a statement in Srinagar expressed concern over the ill-treatment and ruthless thrashing of Kashmiri prisoners including Shahid Yousuf, the son of Hizul Mujahideen Chief Syed Salahuddin, by the authorities of Tihar jail.

He said that miserable condition and inhuman treatment meted out to the Kashmiri prisoners in the jails of Jammu region and India was a matter of grave concern. Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) General Secretary, Nahida Nasreen, in a statement in Srinagar expressed serious concern over the grisly act of thrashing of Kashmiri prisoners in Tihar jail.

She said that all jails of Jammu region and India had been turned into the Guantanamo Bay prisons for the Kashmiri detainees. She strongly condemned the beating of 18 prisoners including Shahid Yousuf in Tihar jail.

She said that Shahid Yousuf was being harassed and victimized for none of his crimes except being son of Syed Salahuddin.

Another APHC leader, Bilal Siddiqui, and the spokesman of Jammu and Kashmir Muslim League in their statements in Srinagar termed the attack on Shahid Yousuf and others in Tihar Jail highly condemnable.

They said that such kind of brutalities could not intimidate the Kashmiris into submission. The High Court Bar Association of the occupied territory in its statement in Srinagar condemned the beating of Kashmiri prisoners including Shahid Yousuf in Tihar Jail.

It urged the international human rights organizations to visit Tihar Jail and see as how the jail authorities were subjecting the Kashmiri prisoners to ill-treatment.Besides asking them to sleep on the floor, the detainees are also not provided with any medical assistance, which is a flagrant violation of the jail rules and regulationsit deplored.

The civil society of Budgam in its statement condemned the heinous and murderous assault on Shahid Yousuf and demanded an immediate action against the culprits. It urged the Indian authorities to shift Shahid Yousuf to Srinagar Central Jail to ensure his safety.