In occupied Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement has urged the United Nations to secure the release of Hurriyat leaders and activists in view of the outbreak of coronavirus.

APHC leader and JKPM Chairman Mir Shahid Saleem in a statement in Jammu said that the Kashmiri people are extremely concerned about the hundreds of innocent prisoners, especially the aged and ailing ones, languishing in Indian jails.

He said instead of releasing them the authorities are keeping them in the overcrowded jails, exposing them to the serious health threats.

Meanwhile, Hurriyat Leader and President of Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement Altaf Ahmed Butt and Jammu and Kashmir Islami Tanzeem-e-Azadi in their separate statements expressed concern over lack of health facilities for Kashmiri political detainees imprisoned in Indian jails.

They sought intervention by the international community for their release.

NNR/Asmaa