Jammu Kashmir High Court Bar Association (HCBA), Srinagar, Thursday expressed serious concern over the deteriorating health of incarcerated leader of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) FahmeedaSofi, in Central Jail Tihar, New Delhi.
“The Bar Association demands that FahmeedaSofi be providedimmediate medical treatment for her worsening joint problem, which has alsodamaged her knees to such an extent that she is unable to stand,” a spokesmanof the HCBA in a statement said.
“Providing medical treatment should also made possible toall other incarcerated Kashmiri leaders and activists, who are held incaptivity at Central Jail Tihar, New Delhi and other jails and detentioncentres of the state,” he said.
“Bar, at a its executive meeting, also denounced the summoning of Anees-ul-Islam,the grandson of Syed Ali Shah Geelani and son of Mohammad Altaf Shah, who islanguishing in Tihar Jail New Delhi, for the last about two years on false andfictitious charges and terms the same as illegal, unjustified and unwarranted,”the statement stated.
“The members also ridiculed the summoning of SamaShabir, thedaughter of Shabir Ahmad Shah, who is presently pursuing her law course in UK,to Enforcement Directorate, New Delhi, in a 2005 case, when she was only 5 yearsof age and describes the same as an act of victimization and harassment of thefamily and that too at a time, when Shabir Ahmad Shah is behind the bars forthe last about two years and is lodged in High Security Ward of Tihar Jail, NewDelhi,” the statement read.