Hurriyat (G) Syed Ali Geelani, welcoming the court verdict to quash the PSA of Hurriyat leader & Muslim League chairman, Masarat Alam Bhat, has expressed his apprehension that fate of this revocation may not be different from similar orders given in the past, as the authorities must have prepared another dossier to clip the wings before he even tries to fly off.
Hurriyat chairman said that in case anybody defies the court order, he is liable to face the contempt proceedings, but government very brazenly and shamelessly refute and rebuke their own court decisions repeatedly and so-called powerful & authoritative judiciary seems to be more than helpless to yield to the pressure of the government. Hurriyat chairman said that such state victimization through judicial apathy puts a big question mark on the independence and impartiality of the whole judicial system, particularly in the oppressed land of Jammu & Kashmir.
In a statement issued to PTK Geelani said that government seems to be at will to prolong any body’s jail term through their sold out beurocratic mindset augmented by the lazy and non-implementation of legal verdicts and despite the rules existing in files and offices, government institutions get a free hand to manipulate them to get their desired outcome. Hailing the resolve, determination and resilience of the person, who’s more than 17 years’ incarceration has failed to dent him, Hurriyat chairman said that the nation which harbors brave hearts like him, can never be defeated in their sacred mission.
He said that Masarat Alam continuous to be in jail since 2010, although late Mufti Syed dared to release him as a good will gesture of his new coalition government in March 2014, But this Indian by conviction, Mufti was labeled to be soft on pro-freedom sentiments and the jingoistic and hyper nationalist media’s uproar took him to task and this so-called seasoned and bold politician of his caliber couldn’t sustain the media pressure and within the short period of a month, Masarat Alam was again put behind bars, thereby saving his coalition government and also satisfying the collective conscience of media houses.
Pro-freedom leader said that since then daughter is sincerely serving the sacred mission of his father to throttle and strangulate every voice for freedom of this occupied land, that is the reason that draconian law like PSA, despite being revoked 34 times, continues to keep this ‘’dreaded’’ voice of freedom, within the four walls of jail, setting a ‘’glorious’’ example of upholding the ethos of democracy, law and justice.
In a statement issue to PTK Geelani said that like Masarat Alam there are thousands of our brave hearts who willfully and consciously spare their precious movements of their life for the betterment of the people and noble cause of their suppressed nation. Hurriyat chairman said that unparalleled sacrifices by these enthusiastic and dedicated souls, deserve our applause and recognition and we can’t shoulder off our responsibility by mere press statements. He said we as a nation should remember these live martyrs, priorities their needs and pledge to share their noble mission of our freedom, for which they are forcibly subjected to unlawful, undemocratic and unethical imprisonment. Pro-freedom leader said we should convey a clear message to the oppressor that physical separation has never succeeded in distancing from the collective and national mission.
(PTK)