More than 5,000 Kashmiris, including All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders are currently unlawfully detained in jails across India and in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir for advocating their internationally recognized right to self-determination.

According to a report released by Kashmir Media Service, today, most of these detainees, both men and women have been detained in solitary confinement.

As part of the BJP-RSS regime’s vindictive policies, many Hurriyat leaders, activists and youth have been shifted from IIOJK to far-off jails inside India.

The cruel move is aimed at breaking their commitment towards the political voice and rights demand acknowledged by UN resolutions as well as hurting the families of the detainees emotionally and financially.

The APHC has been demanding the immediate release of all Kashmiri political prisoners.

It denounces the Indian authorities for filing fake and baseless charges against thousands of Kashmiris and detaining them in various prisons.

APHC is calling on the international community and human rights organizations to exert pressure on Indian authorities to respect the human rights of Kashmiri political detainees.