The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has expressed deep concern over the continued unlawful detention of thousands of Kashmiris languishing in jails for opposing India’s illegal occupation of their homeland.

 The APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas in a statement in Srinagar said that the Hindutva-inspired BJP Indian government is deliberately prolonging the detention of Kashmiri leadership and other prisoners to victimize them for their political beliefs.

The statement said the regime has arrested thousands of Kashmiris including youth and women in the occupied territory since its illegal and unilateral actions of 5 August 2019.

The APHC leadership has urged the international human rights organizations to play their role in the early release of the Kashmiri detainees.

He lamented that the Kashmiri prisoners are confined to cells and denied adequate food and proper medical treatment in Indian jails.

APHC spokesperson noted that India is violating Geneva Convention on prisoners’ rights by carrying out extrajudicial killings of innocent civilians in IIOJK to pressurize them and break their resolve for freedom.

He urged the international community and global human rights organizations to take note of unlawful detentions in IIOJK and raise their voice for the release of illegally detained Kashmiris.