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This story is from July 13, 2020

Farooq, Omar Abdullah move HC against detention of 16 partymen

Farooq, Omar Abdullah move HC against detention of 16 partymen
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president and Srinagar MP Dr Farooq Abdullah, and his son and party vice-president Omar Abdullah on Monday filed a habeas corpus petition in the high court (HC) challenging the “unconstitutional and illegal” house detention of 16 NC functionaries.
According to a party statement, Farooq has filed a petition for the release of Ali Mohammad Sagar, Abdul Rahim Rather, Nasir Aslam Wani, Aga Syed Mehmood, Mohammad Khalil Bandh, Irfan Shah and Sahmeema Firdous; while Omar has challenged the detention of Mohammad Shafi Uri, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, Chaudhary Mohammad Ramzaan, Mubarak Gul, Dr Bashir Veeri, Abdul Majeed Larmi, Basharat Bukhari, Saifudin Bhat Shutru, and Mohammad Shafi through their counsel lawyer Shariq Reyaz.

NC spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said the decision to move the HC was taken as a last resort to provide relief to the party functionaries who have been under house arrest/detention after being shifted there from detention centres following the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A in August last year, which paved the way for the reorganization of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh.
“Shifting of the detainees from detention centres to their homes only characterized revolving-door detention practice. Quashing of the Public Safety Act (PSA) on party general secretary Haji Ali Muhammad Sagar underscored the indefensible nature of all detentions in the court of law, leading us to believe that the administration will release all the detainees in the absence of any convincing reason behind it. Unfortunately, that was not to be. The house detentions without any administrative orders are unlawful, undermining due respect to human rights and individual liberty,” Nabi said.
“We are hopeful that the court will come to the rescue of our colleagues, who have been suffering for no fault ever since the abrogation of provisions of Art 370, Art 35A on August 5, 2019. This was the only recourse left to us. We are hopeful that the court will uphold the civil liberties of our colleagues, most of whom have not been keeping well,” he added.
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