ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP): The High Court Bar Association
(HCBA) has strongly condemned the illegal detention and house
arrest of Hurriyet leaders and imposition of curbs on their
movement by the puppet authorities ahead of the so-called Indian
Parliamentary elections in the territory.
The HCBA spokesman in a statement issued in Srinagar said,
the Bar Association strongly condemns the arrest of Muhammad Yasin
Malik and his lodging at Srinagar Central Jail and the caging of
almost all pro-freedom leaders including Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz
Umar Farooq and Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai and the imposing of
restrictions on their movement by the authorities to prevent them
from launching anti-election campaign and to persuade the people
to boycott the upcoming Indian parliamentary elections scheduled
to be held in Srinagar and Islamabad constituencies on 9th and
12th April, 2017, KMS reported.
He said, the HCBA also denounces the trespassing by the
police into the house of Aasiya Andrabi and the ransacking of
household goods in her absence. He termed the police action as
immoral, unethical, unlawful and highly objectionable.
The Bar Association also expressed concern over the
continued illegal detention of senior Hurriyet leader, Masarrat
Aalam Butt, despite the dismissal of the revision petition by
Sessions Judge Bandipora filed by the police against the order of
Chief Judicial Magistrate Bandipora whereby he had granted bail to
Masarrat Aalam in a case registered against him in 2015 and had
ordered his immediate release.
Meanwhile, the HCBA expressed its grief and sorrow over the
demise of the mother of convener of AJK Chapter of Mirwaiz Umar
Farooq-led Hurriyet forum, Syed Faiz Naqshbandi, and extended its
sympathy and condolence to the bereaved family members.