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Hurriyat (M) expresses concern over JKLF Chief Malik’s deteriorating health condition in Tihar jail

Srinagar: Hurriyat (M) has expressed grave concern over JKLF chief Yasin Malik’s deteriorating health conditions revealed by his family during a press conference recently.

Hurriyat said that that it is the responsibility of jail authorities to address the health issues of incarcerated Malik and to provide him with adequate medical aid as he is already suffering from multiple ailments and due to prolonged incarceration and absence of medical aid and has turned frail and weak.

Hurriyat said that in view of his worsening health, he should be released on humanitarian grounds forthwith.

They said that other leaders lodged in Tihar Jail since more than two years are also being punished for there political outlook, their detention is being prolonged on one or the other pretexts.

Hurriyat also added that there are dozens of Kashmiri prisoners lodged within and outside state jails, deprived of basic facilities in jails especially medical care and are meted out ill-treatment.

They said that despite clear directions from the Indian Supreme Court and other courts that calls for lodging prisoners in jails close to their homes, these prisoners were shifted outside the state. Hurriyat urged Indian and international rights bodies to take note of this serious issue and to conduct a visit to all jails where Kashmiris are lodged and to press New Delhi for there release.

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