Srinagar, Dec 12 (KNO): Mirwaiz, Dr Molvi Mohammad Umar Farooq, on Friday said that there is deep concern among people over the developments taking place in which individuals are being arrested in connection with decades-old cases.
According to a statement, issued to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Mirwaiz made the remarks during his Friday address at Jama Masjid, Srinagar, saying this has created a lot of anxiety and uncertainty, especially among those persons and their families who have long since disengaged from past paths.
Mirwaiz said thousands of Kashmiri prisoners are already languishing in jails in and outside J&K, some for decades, causing immense suffering to their families, arresting more and more people only adds to the woes and pain of Kashmiris.
Drawing attention to the serious humanitarian and legal concerns arising from the continued detention of Kashmiris in prisons outside, Mirwaiz said that such practices often result in delays in trial proceedings and severely limit family access, running contrary to basic principles of humane treatment and natural justice.
Urging the state government to intervene, he called for a review of the handling of such old cases and appealed for the transfer of detainees back to Jammu and Kashmir to ensure a fairer, faster, and more compassionate process of justice.
He also appealed to them to intervene and stop the continuing process of arrests and detention of individuals who have moved on and are not associated with any form of violence in decades—(KNO)