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ISLAMABAD, Sep 29 (APP): The Hurriyat forum led by Mirwaiz
Umar Farooq has denounced the fresh house detention of the Mirwaiz
and termed the action as frustration of the puppet authorities.
The forum spokesman in a statement issued in Srinagar said
that the blanket ban on the movement of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and
barring him from carrying out his social, religious and political
activities reflected the political vengeance of the puppet rulers,
KMS reported.
He said that the Mirwaiz was scheduled to address a seminar
to pay tributes to Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) – the grandson of
our beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) – who achieved martyrdom in
Karbala.
However, he added, a contingent of Indian police reached
the residence of the Mirwaiz and didn’t allow him to come out.
Meanwhile, the spokesman expressed serious concern over the
plight of Kashmiris lodged in various jails and interrogation
centres in occupied Kashmir and India stating that many prisoners
had been put behind the bars without any trial and many of them
had developed serious health complications in absence of proper
medical aid.
He said depriving the prisoners of the basic facility of
health care is a blatant violation of basic principles of humanity
and also direct violation of Geneva Conventions.
He said there are hundreds of prisoners whose detention
orders have been quashed by various courts but are still lodged in
jails.
The spokesman urged all the international human rights
organizations including International Committee of Red Cross and
Amnesty International to take notice and ensure proper facilities
to the Kashmiri prisoners during custody and play role in their
early and unconditional release.
The spokesman termed all the Kashmiri inmates as “prisoners
of conscience” stating that all of them deserve a big salute for
their patience and courage.