Srinagar: Syed Ali Geelani demanded immediate release of pro-freedom leaders & activists and said hundreds of innocent youth detained under frivolous cases during people’s uprising are languishing in different jails and police stations across the valley and most of them are detained under infamous Public Safety Act.
Slamming state authorities for their “haughtiness and persistent denial” to release political activists, Geelani said the detention period of those arrested during 2016 people’s uprising is “prolonged on one pretext or the other.
In an appeal to ICRC, Amnesty International and international organization for human rights, Syed Ali Geelani impressed to take their cognizance and use influence for immediate release of all detainees.
Geelani expressed deep concern about incarcerated pro-freedom leaders including Syeda Aasiya Andrabi, Fahmeeda Sofi, Masarat Aalam Bhat, Ameer Hamza Shah, Mohammad Yusuf Lone, Mir Hafiz Ullah, Mohammad Yusuf Falahi, Raies Ahmad Mir, Mohammad Shaban Dar, Ab Gani Bhat, Ab Ahad Para, Mohd Rafiq Ganai, Molana Sarjan Barkati, Master Ali Mohammad, Sheikh Mohd Yusuf, Ab Subhan Wani, Shakil Ahmad Bhat, Mohammad Amin Parey, Mohammad Yusuf Bhat, Bashir Ahmad Boya and more than other five hundred arrested during people’s uprising and added that despite their deteriorating health, they are not being released.
Syed Ali Geelani said that most of prisoners are affiliated with Tehreek-e-Hurriyat and since last year more than 500 hundred political activists are languishing in & outside valley jails and blamed that detained youth including children are harassed & humiliated in detention centers.
Geelani blamed coalition regime for their callous and heartless approach against detainees and added that PDP led administration is following all dictates from Delhi without applying their senses.
Syed Ali Geelani said that the “Public Safety Act “has been declared dreaded, heartless and unlawful by international community, however state administration is implying this against innocent citizens and they are detained for years and during detention they are not produced in any court.
The said law was formulated in 1978 to curb activities of timber smugglers, said Geelani, however from Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah to Mehbooba Mufti, this dreaded law was used against political opponents & pro-freedom leadership & added that PDP led administration has proved more callous as they are using it against political opponents.
Syed Ali Geelani ridiculed PDP for their rhetoric about, “Goli Nahi Boli” and said that it proved mere fraud and hoax and added that instead the situation is quite reverse and opposite.
Geelani blamed PDP and said that they resorted to more lethal and arbitrary measures and have no regard for opposite views.
Syed Ali Geelani expressed his deep concern over the deteriorating condition of detainees in jails and said that there is no proper treatment facility for ailing prisoners and detainees are harassed and facilities as per jail manuals are denied. (KNS)
