Urges Elected Govt to intervene, calls for transfer of Kashmiri detainees back to Jammu & Kashmir
Srinagar, December 12, 2025 : Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir, Dr Molvi Mohammad Umar Farooq, while speaking at the Friday congregation at Jama Masjid Srinagar, 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. 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 already thousands of Kashmiri prisoners are 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 the Union Territory, 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, Mirwaiz called for a review of the handling of such old cases and appealed for the transfer of detainees back to Jammu & 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.
