The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik, on Friday submitted an application with Chairman State Human Rights Commission against shifting of prisoners from Kashmir jails to outside.
The application says that the inhuman Acts were of grave nature which are voilative of the human rights guaranteed to every human being by virtue of UN Human Rights Declaration which have been adopted by the Government of India and subsequent legislations have been passed like that of Jammu and Kashmir protection of Human rights Act 1997.
“Some of the persons who have been sentenced with life imprisonment have been shifted to the jails which are situated more than 300 Kms away from their residences, which is voilative of the human rights guaranteed by the judicial pronouncements held by the supreme court of India,” the application maintains.
On Thursday a delegation of JRL-led by JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik had met the SHRC chairman Justice (Retd) Bilal Nazki and put forth the demand of Hurriyat leadership.
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Terming the ongoing assault on Kashmiri inmates, shifting them to Jammu jails as illegal, unethical and act of vendetta, JRL in a joint press release had said that everything possible will be done to provide justice to Kashmiri inmates who are being penalized by so-called rulers and their police unreasonably and illegally.
In a statement after the meeting, the JRL said, “the International community acknowledges the rights of prisoners and those trampling these rights have no right to call themselves democrats. Joint resistance leadership will do everything possible to secure justice for Kashmiri inmates”
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The violation of fundamental, human and legal rights of prisoners, who had alleged they were subjected to severe physical torture at the Tihar Jail came under the Delhi High Court’s scanner as it ordered an enquiry into the incident.
“We need to take a call. It (the incident) is completely unjustifiable. If this is the situation in Delhi, what about other places,” a bench of acting-Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar remarked.
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Expressing her concern over the reports of Kashmiri inmates being abused beaten, beaten harassed and manhandled, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday spoke to the Union Home secretary Rajiv Gauba and asked him to intervene in the matter.
The Union Home Secretary assured the Chief Minister of a thorough probe into the incident and punishing the culprits for having violated the jail manual.
The Union Home Secretary assured the Chief Minister of a thorough probe into the incident and punishing the culprits for having violated the jail manual.
Violation of fundamental, human and legal rights of prisoners, who have alleged they were subjected to severe physical torture at the Tihar Jail on Monday came under the Delhi High Court’s scanner as it ordered an enquiry into the incident.
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