Kashmiri organization seeks release of prisoners in IIOJK.

MUZAFFARABAD -- Chairman Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu Kashmir, an organization of Kashmiri refugees living in AJK, Uzair Ahmad Ghazali has said that Maulana Syed Mohammad Ashraf's continuous imprisonment for 16 years in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) was the worst example of human rights violations.

In a statement issued here on Sunday, Uzair said that Syed Mohammad Ashraf of Tehsil Doro, Batagand has been the victim of Indian security forces for the last 16 years without any crime.

He maintained that this is blind example of cruelty and barbarism of Indian armed forces.

He said that one brother of Syed Mohammad Ashraf was martyred by the Indian forces in 2000 in Nasu Badragand and the other was also kept in jail for six consecutive years.

"Millions of families in Jammu and Kashmir have been forced to live under siege due to such atrocities by the Indian forces" he said.

Ghazali said that the plight of Kashmiri prisoners in Indian jails, including Maulana Syed Mohammad Ashraf is lamentable.

He stated that biased Indian security agencies torture Kashmiri prisoners. These prisoners are deprived to access medical treatment.

Ghazali voiced, "The Indian government, judiciary and...

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