Language

Don't you have an account with Pajhwok Afghan News?

Click here to subscribe.

20 Farah prisoners go on hunger strike

20 Farah prisoners go on hunger strike

author avatar
10 Nov 2013 - 17:00
20 Farah prisoners go on hunger strike
author avatar
10 Nov 2013 - 17:00

FARAH (PAN went on hunger strike in Farah prison, insisting their names were among beneficiaries of a recent presidential decree.

Col. Abdul Qayyum Azimi, the jail superintendent, told Pajhwok Afghan News on Sunday the prisoners claimed they had been freed despite the decree issued on the occasion of Eidul Adha.

In line with Karzai’s orders, Azimi said, around 23 prisoners had been released and sentences of 102 others remitted. He has urged the Ministry of Interior and Supreme Court to look into the matter.

Shahla Abu Bakar, a provincial council member, met the protesting female prisoners, who have been sentenced to 20 and 17 years imprisonment.

She said the women had spent five years each in incarceration and half of their jail terms would be remitted under the presidential decree.

In August, around 182 prisoners observed a hunger strike for five consecutive days, an issue that was later amicably resolved by a delegation sent from Kabul.

fbr/rm/mud

Views: 2

Related Topics

GET IN TOUCH

SUGGEST A STORY

Pajhwok is interested in your story suggestions. Please tell us your thoughts by clicking here.

PAJHWOK MOBILE APP

Download our mobile application to get the latest updates on your mobile phone. Read more