Kashmir pro-freedom leader Altaf Ahmad Shah dies in India custody
2 years, 2 months ago

Kashmir pro-freedom leader Altaf Ahmad Shah dies in India custody

Al Jazeera  

The family of Shah, who had renal cancer, alleges he was denied proper medical treatment in jail despite repeated appeals. Altaf Ahmad Shah, a prominent pro-freedom leader from Indian-administered Kashmir, has died in custody fighting renal cancer, his family said. The family said Shah was moved to New Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on September 24 after a prolonged illness in jail. Last year, another prominent pro-freedom leader, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, 77, died of COVID after a year in custody at a hospital in Indian-administered Kashmir’s Jammu city. In a condolence message on Twitter, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he is “deeply grieved” at Shah’s death in Indian captivity.

Family India Pakistan Treatment Indian Kashmir Custody Kashmiri New Delhi Shah Leader Modi Jail Died Renal Cancer  kashmir  kashmiri  shah  died  ahmad  altaf  treatment  jail  medical  indianadministered  indian  profreedom  india  leader  custody  dies  family

History of this topic

11-year-old daughter of top Kashmiri rebel leader issues rare appeal to visit father jailed in India
1 year, 5 months ago

11-year-old daughter of top Kashmiri rebel leader issues rare appeal to visit father jailed in India

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The eleven-year-old daughter of a prominent Kashmiri rebel leader who was sentenced to life in prison in neighboring India issued an emotional appeal on Thursday, urging New Delhi to allow her to meet her ailing father. She said she hoped that one day her father would be released, and he had been wrongly sentenced in a “fake case.” …

Altaf Ahmad Shah Demise: Can Such Deaths Impact Political Climate In J&K?
2 years, 2 months ago

Altaf Ahmad Shah Demise: Can Such Deaths Impact Political Climate In J&K?

The Quint  

Shah’s daughter Ruwa, a media professional herself, had first alerted her readers on social media to her father’s condition on 21 September. The family, she wrote, had been requesting jail authorities to relocate him to proper hospital instead of keeping him in the Tihar jail’s Intensive Care Unit where he was just on oxygen support. While jail authorities had taken …

Jailed Kashmiri Separatist Altaf Ahmad Shah, Son-in-law of Hurriyat Leader Geelani, Dies of Cancer at AIIMS Delhi
2 years, 2 months ago

Jailed Kashmiri Separatist Altaf Ahmad Shah, Son-in-law of Hurriyat Leader Geelani, Dies of Cancer at AIIMS Delhi

News 18  

Altaf Ahmed Shah, jailed Kashmiri separatist and son in law of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, passed away on Tuesday morning at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, amid allegations from the family that he was not provided medical help in time. Four days back, Ruwa Shah had put out a tweet asking government to shift …

A bruised politician: Syed Ali Shah Geelani was key to the launch of an armed movement in Jammu and Kashmir in 1989
3 years, 3 months ago

A bruised politician: Syed Ali Shah Geelani was key to the launch of an armed movement in Jammu and Kashmir in 1989

The Hindu  

FOR the generation born in the 1960s and 1970s in the North Kashmir town of Sopore, Syed Ali Geelani, a fiery orator, was a local version of Che Guevara, Ho Chi Minh or Ayatollah Khomeini. Meeting Musharraf The Indian government considered Geelani a stubborn obstacle to its efforts to find a solution to the issue of Jammu and Kashmir within …

Kashmir Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani buried
3 years, 3 months ago

Kashmir Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani buried

India TV News  

Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was buried late in the night, the Kashmir Zone Police informed on Monday. However, 3hrs later probably under the pressure from Pakistan & miscreants they behaved differently & started resorting to anti-national activities", the Kashmir Zone Police tweeted. "After persuasion the relatives brought the deadbody to the graveyard and performed last rites with …

Syed Ali Shah Geelani: Kashmir separatist leader dies at 92
3 years, 3 months ago

Syed Ali Shah Geelani: Kashmir separatist leader dies at 92

Al Jazeera  

Geelani, who headed a hardline faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, died at his Srinagar residence after a prolonged illness. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Syed Ali Shah Geelani, a top separatist leader in Indian-administered Kashmir, has died at the age of 92 after a prolonged illness. Troops deployed, restrictions imposed Geelani headed a hardline faction of All Parties Hurriyat …

Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani dies in Srinagar
3 years, 3 months ago

Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani dies in Srinagar

India Today  

Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani died at his Hyderpora residence in Srinagar at 10.35 pm on Wednesday night. Syed Ali Shah Geelani, born on 29 September 1929, was a Kashmiri separatist leader in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. In 2020, Pakistan awarded its highest civilian honour ‘Nishaan-e-Pakistan’ to Syed Ali Shah Geelani. MEHBOOBA MUFTI OFFERS …

Ashraf Sehrai: Pro-freedom Kashmir leader dies in detention
3 years, 7 months ago

Ashraf Sehrai: Pro-freedom Kashmir leader dies in detention

Al Jazeera  

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – A prominent pro-freedom leader in Indian-administered Kashmir, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, has died inside a hospital in southern Jammu city, where he was in detention for the last year. “Despite repeated appeals to release political prisoners lodged in various jails on humanitarian grounds in view of the devastating Covid catastrophe, authorities are playing with their lives,” the …

Syed Ali Shah Geelani: A life dedicated to Kashmir and its people
4 years ago

Syed Ali Shah Geelani: A life dedicated to Kashmir and its people

Al Jazeera  

‘Oppression does not last,’ my grandfather – now 91 and in ailing health – tells me as police line the roads outside. I am so sorry.” My grandfather, my “Aba”, is Syed Ali Shah Geelani, one of the most prominent figures in the Kashmiri resistance movement and the leader of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat. As he was humming “La Ilaha illhala…” he suddenly …

Discover Related