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Pakistan urges UN to get IIOJ&K detainees released
National
May 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has urged the United Nations (UN) to get released immediately all detainees in Indian illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) under the Public Safety Act.
Pakistan has called for the release of all women, elderly people, pre-trial and under-trial detainees on bail (including political prisoners and those detained from the civil society); any convicted political prisoners on parole, especially ones held in jails away from the occupied area; and people illegally detained or held in police lockups, joint interrogation centres, and house arrests. The call has been made by Pakistan in the UN in view of the prevailing COVID-19 crisis in India, and the deteriorating humanitarian situation in IIOJ&K.
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has urged UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to help secure immediate release of all illegally detained prisoners in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
In a letter sent to Mr Guterres on Friday, Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Munir Akram also expressed deep concern on the demise of a senior Kashmiri leader, Ashraf Sehrai, in the Indian custody.
Ambassador Akram pointed out that Mr Sehrai, who had been arrested last year on fabricated charges, had several health problems but the Indian authorities ignored repeated calls for his release. He remained incarcerated in Indian jail under poor conditions and the prevailing Covid-19 crisis, which ultimately led to his death.