Srinagar, Mar 04: Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday denounced the shifting of Dr. Qasim Faktoo, Dr. Mohammad Shafi Shariati and other inmates from Srinagar Central Jail to “far-flung jails in Jammu” as a “blatant infringement” of the prisoners’ rights accepted under the United Nations Charter and all the civilized laws of the world.
“This is part of a well-hatched design to suppress the freedom voices of the hapless people of Kashmir. It is also an ideological and political vendetta in force upon the people to accept the hegemony of Indian establishment,” JeI said in a statement here.
It said “India is trying to suppress the freedom movement with muscle power which is impossible. People are doing no crime but fighting peacefully and democratically for obtaining their political right — right to self-determination – accepted by United Nations besides India and this just and sacred movement definitely will meet its logical end soon despite harsh methods adopted by Indian establishment.”
The statement said the Indian forces have arrested a number of “innocent” people including a 75-year-old person Sanaullah Bhat of Hajin during nocturnal raids.
“Jama’at condemns the shifting of Kashmiri prisoners and arbitrary arrests by government forces, appeals to human rights organizations of the world including those working in India to take serious notice of state-sponsored atrocities and take effective steps to curb this unjustified process of political vengeance,” the statement said.
