Srinagar, May 24, 2021: International Forum For Justice Human Rights JK (IFJHRJK) chairman Muhammad Ahsan Untoo urged upon the Indian authorities to release the all Kashmiri prisoners and jailed convicts on parole in view of the covid19 pandemic languishing in different jails of IIOJK and in India. The IFJHRJK chairman Ahsan Untoo has demanded that prisoners, especially the prisoners convicted for life, should be released at earnest parole on humanitarian grounds. It added that most of the convicts are aged and suffering from multiple ailments inside prisons and thus are exposed to the COVID 19 disease.
“They are not going to run away from their homes. The honourable courts have released prisoners and those who have been convicted for life before as well. Hence Indian authorities should consider their release on parole so that they spend some time with their families and ward off the deadly coronavirus diseases which are consuming lives of the people,” IFJHRJK Chairman, Mohammad Ahsan Untoo said.
“These prisoners have the right to live. On humanitarian grounds the Kasmiri prisoners and convicts should be released at earnest,” he added.
Other than that, Untoo Chairman (IFJHRJK) that it is a known fact that Kashmir has been hit by a lethal Covid19 wave which has so far claimed lives of hundreds of people including prisoners. It said that the state is not in a position to meet with the colossal challenges imposed by the pandemic.
In such scary circumstances, the Kashmiri political prisoners lodged in Indian held Kashmir and outside Kashmir jails continue to be at the risk of contracting the deadly virus.
In absence of the existing healthcare system, it becomes amply clear that jail authorities are not in a position to accommodate the rapidly increasing the number of COVID infected cases of Kashmiri prisoners- most of whom have been booked under frivolous charges.`
“The recent death of pro-freedom leader Ashraf Sehrai amply proves this fact. He was suffering from illness and died under custody as jail authorities failed to provide any treatment. It is my humble request to authorities to shift Kashmiri prisoners lodged in outside jails to their native places and release them on parole. The virus does not differentiate between the seven year old convict and the one who has been awarded lifer. Both are humans and can contract virus”.
He said that the administration should act on the supreme court decision and release the prisoners in the wake of covid pandemic.
IFJHRJK has prepared the list of some of the prisoners detained in various jails across mainland India for the last 10 to 28 years and demanded their release on parole on urgent basis;
1-Nazir Ahmad Shaikh, a resident of Srinagar is detained for the last 19 years.
2-Muhammad Ayoub Mir, a resident of Srinagar is detained for the last 25 years.
3-Mehmood Topiwala, a resident of Srinagar is detained for the last 29 years.
4-Feroze Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Tral is under detention for last 18 years.
5-Parvaiz Ahmad Mir, a resident of Tral is under detention for the last 18 years.
6-Muzaffar Ahmad Dar, a resident of Tangmarg is under detention for the last 18 years.
7-Ghulam Muhammad Bhat, resident of Srinagar is under detention for the last 13 years.
8-Masarat Alam Bhat is Masrat Alam Bhat,of Srinagar is detention for last 20 years,,
9-Muhammad Qasim Faktoo of Srinagar is detetion for last 25 years,
10-Ghulam Qadir Bhat of kupwara is under detention for 28 years,,
11-Dr Muhammad Shafi Khan of khanshab budgam is under detention for 18 years,,,
12-Mohammad Ishaq Pala, of Aloora Shopian is detention for 13 years,,
13-Sabzar Ahmad Bhat, of kulgam is under detetion for 11 years
14-15-Khurshid Ahmad Bhat, of kulgam is under detention for 10 years,,
16-Fayaz Ahmad Itoo, of kulgam is under detention for 10 years
17-Nasir Ahmad Ganai, of palhallan baramulla is under detention for 10 years
18-Ishfaq Ahmad Bhat, of norpora tral is under detetion for 10 years,,
19-Adil Bashir Bhat, of norpora tral is under detention for 10 years,,
20-Riyaz Ahmad Nengroo pulwama is under detention for 9 years,, ,
21-Mohammad Arif Parray, of bandi pora is under detention for 9 years,,
22-Latief Ahmad Dar pulwama is under detention for 13 years,,
23-Latief Ahmad Rather of Bandipora is under detention for 15 years,,
24-sajjad ahmad bhat of chadoora budgan is under detention for 11 years,,
25-Muhammad Abbas Wani, of DODA is under detention for 20 years,,
26-Farooq Ahmad,a resident of DODA is under detention for 13 years,,
27Feroze Ahmad Dar of sopore is under detention for 12 years,,
28-, Showkat Ahmad Khan. Srinagar Kashmir is under detention for 18 years.