Srinaga: Joirnt Resistance Leadership on Monday condemned the NIA court’s verdict of extending the judicial remand of incarcerated JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik upto July 7th.
JRL said that the ‘illegal detention of JKLF chairman is being deliberately prolonged under political vendetta and is against the basic principles of democracy and humanity as well.’
NIA and ED have booked several leaders including Shabir Ahmed Shah, Advocate Shahidul Islam, Altaf Ahmad Fantosh, Ayaz Akbar, Peer Saifullah, Mehraj din Kalwal, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Farooq Ahmed Dar, Shahid Yousuf, Zahoor Watali, Asiya Andrabi, Fehmeeda Sofi, and Nahida Nasreen,.
“They are languishing in Tihar since last more than two years and unfortunately their illegal detention is also being prolonged as these agencies failed to bring any substantial evidence against them,” JRL said in the statement.
The JRL termed the prolonged detention of these leaders as ‘political vendetta to break the resolve of resistance leadership.’