Geelani concerned over Yasin Malik’s failing health

Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani today expressed serious concern over the deteriorating health condition of incarcerated chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Muhammad Yasin Malik in New Delhi.

 In a statement Geelaniwarned that “if any untoward happens to him (Malik), rulers shall have to facethe consequences.”

   

Geelani condemned the continued grilling of his elder sonDr  Nayeem Geelani by the NationInvestigation Agency (NIA) in New Delhi.

He said, “People all over the world are fighting for theirpolitical rights but Jammu and Kashmir is the only exception where thepolitical voices are being crushed. Registration of sedition cases againstleaders and their family members being grilled has become a precedent here.”

“By crushing the legitimate movement through its militarymight, authorities have tried to muzzle our voice—but we are steadfast on ourresolve and would continue to carry on our struggle peacefully,” he added.

Expressing serious concern over the plight of prisonerslodged in and outside Valley jails, Geelani said, “Many people have beenarrested in the name of terror funding and are languishing in Tihar jailwithout any legal aid. These leaders include Muhammad Yasin Malik, Shabir AhmadShah, Dr G M Bhat, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Ayaz Akbar, Peer Saifullah, RajaMehraj-ud-Din Kalwal, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Farooq Ahmad Dar, Shahid-ul-Islam,Syed Shahid Yousuf, Syed Shakeel Ahmad and businessman Zahoor Ahmad Watali.Even the female leaders Asiya Andrabi, Fehmeeda Sofi and Nahida Nasreen havenot been spared”

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