Overview
- Speaking at the Friday congregation at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq called for government intervention on arrests linked to incidents from decades ago.
- He urged a halt to detaining people who, he said, have long disengaged from past violence.
- He appealed for shifting detainees back to Jammu and Kashmir to speed up trials and allow families easier access.
- He said thousands of Kashmiris remain in jails in and outside the region for years, causing severe hardship for families and undermining natural justice.
- Reports noted no official response from the Omar Abdullah administration as coverage referenced recent arrests, including two separatist leaders taken into custody on December 10 in a 29-year-old case.