Srinagar, June 12: Demanding release of all detenues, including those arrested under the Public Safety Act (PSA), Hurriyat (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani said hundreds of separatist leaders and activists have been lodged in far flung areas in Jammu.
Criticising the authorities for repeatedly slapping the PSA on separatists leaders even after the courts quash their detention, Geelani said Dukhtaran-e-Milat chief Asiya Andrabi, Masrat Aalam Bhat and dozens of other senior separatists leaders are languishing in jails.
In a statement, Geelani, who is under house arrest since May last year, said during unrest in 2016, thousands of people were arrested and over 500 were still detained either in interrogation centres or in different jails.
He said in most of cases the detainees were bailed out and their dossiers were quashed by judiciary.
However, authorities instead of honouring the court orders were ignoring all norms and rules, hence detainees were not released and slapped with the PSA to prolong their detention.
Geelani demands release of all detenues before Eid-ul-Fitr
