The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has expressed deep concern over the prolonged illegal detention of thousands of Kashmiri Hurriyat leaders and activists languishing in jails across India and Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas, in a statement issued in Srinagar, lamented that detainees are being kept in appalling conditions under draconian laws, particularly those imprisoned in Indian jails, including Delhi’s notorious Tihar Jail.

The spokesman stated that the inhumane treatment of Kashmiri political prisoners is part of India’s oppressive policies aimed at suppressing the Kashmiris’ legitimate struggle for self-determination.