In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, congestion in jails and infection of inmates at large scale have triggered concern among the general public about  the safety of Hurriyat leaders and activists.

According to Kashmir Media Service, Ruwa Shah, daughter of illegally detained prominent Hurriyat leader, Altaf Ahmed Shah, in a tweet expressed concern over the health of her father Altaf Ahmad Shah and other Hurriyat leaders languishing in New Delhi’s infamous Tihar jail.

Meanwhile, the APHC, in a statement issued in Srinagar, appealed to the United Nations, International Committee of Red Cross and other human rights organizations to intervene and come to the rescue of Kashmiri detainees languishing in jails.

The statement said that the custodial death of Hurriyat leader Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai had indicated that the Kashmiri detainees are facing life threat due to Covid.

On the other hand, Hurriyat leaders and organizations in their statments condemned the surge in cordon and search operations carried out by brutal Indian forces amid widespread coronavirus pandemic in the territory.