Systematic killing of Sehrai by India
Islamabad
May 7, 2021
Senior Kashmiri Hurriyat leader, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, who challenged India’s hegemonic rule over Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir for decades, died on May 05, 2021 while in police custody. He was 77.
Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai was born in Tekipora (Lolab) in Kupwara in 1944. Sehrai completed his primary education in his hometown Tekipora and secondary education from Sogam Lolab High School in 1959. After clearing secondary examination, he did Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Urdu. He was considered one of the fluent and great orators and could speak tirelessly for hours. Booked under draconian Public Safety Act, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai was on July 12, 2020 shifted to Udhampur Jail in Jammu. His condition deteriorated in jail, but was not given timely access to doctors and was only shifted, to Jammu Government Medical College on May 04, where he breathed his last.
Senior Kashmiri leader Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai who challenged India’s rule over occupied Kashmir for decades died on Wednesday while in police custody. Photo via The Print
Senior Kashmiri leader Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, who challenged India’s rule over occupied Kashmir for decades, died on Wednesday while in police custody. He was 78.
Sehrai was admitted to a government hospital with multiple ailments on Tuesday from a jail in the southern Jammu region, officials and his family said.
Sehrai’s son, Mujahid Sehrai, said his father was denied proper medical care while in jail. He said he spoke to his father 10 days ago and he complained of ill health.
Pakistan expresses grief over demise of jailed Hurriyat leader Ashraf Sehrai
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Pakistan expresses grief over demise of jailed Hurriyat leader Ashraf Sehrai
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Government and the people of Pakistan have expressed deep grief over the demise of senior All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir Chairman Ashraf Sehrai in Indian custody.
The Foreign Office, in a statement, said the senior Kashmiri leader was arrested last year on trumped up charges under the draconian Public Safety Act in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The statement said Ashraf Sehrai remained incarcerated in Indian jail under squalid conditions despite serious deterioration of his health and the prevailing COVID-19 crisis.
India must immediately release incarcerated innocent Kashmiri people and their leadership, demands FO spokesperson
A view of Foreign Office building in Islamabad. PHOTO: FILE
The government of Pakistan on Wednesday expressed grief over the sad demise of senior All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leader and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir Chairman Ashraf Sehrai in Indian custody and criticised arrest of other Kashmiri leaders despite record number of coronavirus cases in the country.
The 80-year-old Kashmiri leader had been facing detention under the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA).
Sehrai s demise comes amid speculation that he had been poisoned in jail, with relatives of other Kashmiri detainees worrying for their loved ones safety.
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