After starting the 'Free Sarabjit Singh Campaign'; please note www.freesarabjitsingh.com . Mr Sarbjit Singh's case has resulted in other families of prisoners unlawfully detained in Pakistani prisons coming forward and seeking help in the hope of securing the release and return of the relatives.
Facts of
case:
Mr Bhavesh Kantilal Parmar and
Indian national aged 32 from Mumbai is an architect by profession.
In 2005 Mr Parmar's father
passed away following. Mr Parmar who is prone to depression and had difficulties
in coming to terms with his father's death. It is my understanding that shortly
after his father's death, Mr Bhavesh Parmar boarded a train to Amritsar in the
north of India. It is unclear how Mr Parmar then managed to board the high
security 'Samjhauta Express' train to Pakistan where he was detained for failing
to provide documents and then ended up in Kot Lakphat Prison, Lahore in Pakistan
where he continues to remain to date.
The Pakistani authorities have repeatedly failed to clarify the reason for
Mr Parmar's arrest and or explain their failure to release to him. Accordingly
Mr Parmar's detention is unlawful.
Further there are concerns about the state of Mr Parmar's mental health which
remains undiagonised and untreated in prison. Under international law, this
amounts to torture.
Mr Parmar's mother Mrs Hansa
Parmar was formally informed that her son was in Kot Lakphat Prison in 2009 -
some 4 years after his disappearance and
without knowledge of what had happened to her son in the intervening
period.
Action taken:
Mr Parmar's case has been
reported the matter to the international human rights agencies, and invited both
the Indian and Pakistan authorities have asked to secure the release and return of Mr
Parmar to his mother in India. There is no valid or justifiable grounds for his
detention.
Further articles:
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-13/mumbai/31689040_1_mentally-ill-youth-vile-parle-sarabjit-singh
http://www.punemirror.in/article/2/2012050520120505022328859b4945621/Man-missing-since-2005-is-in-Lahore-jail.html
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