JKNF seeks urgent release of Kashmiri prisoners.

ISLAMABAD -- Expressing serious concerns over the plight of Kashmiri detainees languishing in different jails in and outside the occupied Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir National Front (JKNF) Tuesday reiterated its demand for the early release of Kashmiris in the wake of fast spreading Corona-virus in India.

In a statement issued here, a spokesman of the party (JKNF) said Kashmiri prisoners detained in highly congested jails in India were at high risk for corona-virus.

He said despite repeated requests for release of political prisoners by the International human rights organizations, the Indian government's deliberate act to keep prolong detention of prisoners was not only immoral and illegal but a serious violation of the basic human rights.

Referring to the continuous detention of the incarcerated party Chairman, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, the JKNF spokesman said illegally detained Hurriyat leaders and activists have been lodged in far-flung and highly congested prisons in India.

He said even the family members of the detainees are not in a position to visit them in jails because of the persisting situation.

He said in addition to Hurriyat leaders, Indian authorities have detained a large number of Kashmiri youth after August 5, 2019 when Kashmir's autonomy was withdrawn by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The youth arrested on trumped up charges, he said, have been booked in jails in central Indian states where their families cannot reach easily. The policy of booking youth in far-flung prisons, he said, was a deliberate attempt to penalize the youth and their families who have expressed concerns that the jails were overcrowded and that their children were vulnerable to getting...