Srinagar: In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Syed Ali Gilani has said that the puppet administration is subjecting political prisoners to political reprisal and detaining them in jails on the pretext of preventive detention.
Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar said “The detainees are being provided with sub-standard food, and medical needs of these detainees within the prison system have been neglected.†He deplored that both political and criminal detainees were treated with same yardstick and there was no system of segregation.
He expressed concern over the worsening health conditions of Tehreek-e-Huriyet activist Abdur Rehman Tantrey and other detained leaders and activists.
“If anything untoward happens to the ailing activist, the puppet administration will be held responsible.†He denounced the continuous detention of Hurriyet leaders and activists including Mir Hafeez Ullah, Mohamad Yusuf Falahi, Mohammad Shaban Dar, Raies Ahmad Mir, Master Ali Mohammad, Abdul Ahad Para, Mohammad Amin Ganai, Mushtaq Ahmad Hura, Mohammad Amin Raina, Bashir Ahmad Sofi, Bashir Ahmad Kashmiri, Bashir Ahmad Boya, Ghulam Mohammad Lone, Shakeel Ahmad Yatoo, Shakir Ahmad Mir, Showkat Ahmad Dar, Abdul Khaliq Regu and several others. Gilani said that detainees in Jammu jails were being subjected to political vengeance.
Syed Ali Gilani expressed his dismay over snail-pace process in judiciary and said: “State administration is subjecting political prisoners to political reprisal and on the pretext of preventive detention they are detained in jails.â€
Criticizing judiciary for being partial, Syed Ali Gilani said: “They are helping as a tool for the administration and are following and favoring directives from State machinery.â€
He also expressed his concern and anguish over the silence maintained by international organizations and said, “They are not taking any serious note of this lawlessnessâ€.