Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani today strongly condemned the issuance of series of notices against the Hurriyat leaders including Muhammad Yasin Malik, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Shabir Ahmad Shah’s daughter Seema Shabir, his (Geelani’s) sons Dr Naeem Geelani, Dr Naseem Geelani, and his grandson Anees-ul-Islam in addition to the already incarcerated leaders and businessmen in Tihar jail.
The Hurriyat chairman, in a statement today, termed it “anirony that the political leadership are hell bent to use every tactic againstthe pro-freedom leadership by putting them behind bars on fabricated cases”.
“It is nothing but to pressurize us into surrender which isnever going to happen.”
Geelani said the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmirwas “an utter failure of the forces to subdue sentiment of the people ofKashmir.”
“Shabir Ahmad Shah and Altaf Ahmad Shah have spent most oftheir life in jails and today also they are lodged in the Tihar jail for thelast two years. They are in their custody to answer any question and issuingnotices to their children is undemocratic and immoral,” Geelani said “Thebrazen tactic is a clear sign of political bankruptcy of the rulers”.
He said “the poor medical facilities, unhygienic food,increasing lock up period have rendered the prisoners as the victims ofhypertension and psychiatric problems”
Condemning the human rights ‘violations’ of the prisoners invarious jails in and outside the state, Geelani appealed to the UN Human RightsCommission, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and International RedCross to pay early visit to the jails and take stock of the situation regardingthe detainees of Jammu and Kashmir.
Meanwhile, Geelani paid glowing tribute to the militants whowere slain in Bijbehara gunfight.
He said, “New Delhi’s insensitivity, unconcern, denial andunrealistic approach are the sole reason for this unabated bloodshed in Jammuand Kashmir.”