ISLAMABAD: The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Syed Ali Gilani in Indian occupied Kashmir, has said that senior Hurriyet leader, Masarrat Aalam Butt, is a born devotee of Kashmir movement and he is a person who has been always at the forefront of the struggle.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Syed Ali Gilani in a statement in Srinagar while hailing Masarrat Aalam Butt for his exemplary valour said, his incarceration is political vendetta and there is no constitutional or moral justification for his continued detention.
Demanding immediate release of the detained leader, he maintained that Masarrat Aalam is being kept behind the bars simply after a media trial.
He said that Masarrat Aalam was arrested in 2015, just few days after his release and there were no substantiate grounds for his detention as he had done nothing wrong.
“Masarrat Aalam participated in pro-freedom rallies and raised voice in favour of Kashmir movement. It was after the Indian biased media exerted pressure that Mufti Sayeed-led regime arrested him,” he said, adding that the PDP-BJP regime was making him a scapegoat for their political gains and to secure their interests.
“His continued detention is tantamount to violation of human rights. It is very strange that judicial intuitions are being used as a tool to fulfill political interests of coalition regime.
Courts are supposed to provide justice, however, they are endorsing the interests of rulers,” the APHC Chairman said.
He condemned the puppet rulers for following the footsteps of their masters in Delhi and said that they were incompetent to take any bold decision.
Syed Ali Gilani appealed to the Amnesty International and other world human rights organizations to take cognizance of the unlawful detention of Masarrat Aalam Butt.
Meanwhile, the APHC spokesman in a statement expressed concern over the arrest of three youth, Yawar Muzafar, Waseem Dar and Danish Ahmad Dar, by Delhi police.
“Delhi police has a track record of detaining Kashmiri youth on fictitious grounds. Even pedestrians are arrested and convicted in fake cases.
No place in India is safe for Kashmiri youth. Hundreds of youth were arrested and detained for long periods. It is irony that after snail’s pace court proceedings and spending long time in detention centers, they are declared innocent,” he said.
