LONDON (SANA), Dec 25: The London-based Amnesty International reacting to the illegal detention of a teenager Kashmiri boy, Murtaza Manzoor by Indian police in occupied Kashmir under black law, Public Safety Act for the third time, issued third urgent action calling for his immediate release.

The Amnesty International in a statement posted on its website urged Indian authorities to immediately end the illegal detention of Murtaza Manzoor. The statement said that the detention was in contravention to the Indian law and the Convention on the Rights of Child.

Manzoor has been in detention under the PSA for the third time since 19th December. On October 2, Manzoor was arrested by police in Srinagar in a fake case of pelting stones at the police. He was sent to Srinagar prison. In the first week of November, a local court ordered his release on bail. However, the police instead of setting him free moved him to a different local police station and later sent him to prison again. The police have announced that he will now be moved to Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu.

Murtaza Manzoor was detained for the first time earlier this year from 8th February to 18th May, after his arrest on 21 January. It was during this detention that Amnesty International verified his age from official documents as 17 and demanded his immediate release. On 13th May, the High Court of occupied Kashmir found the detention unlawful and ordered his release from the Kot Bhalwal jail.

But despite that a counter-insurgency team held him at the Joint Interrogation Centre at Jammu, following which Amnesty International issued another urgent action demanding his release. He was finally released on 23rd June.

Now the police have detained Murtaza for the third time under the draconian law.

KMR News Administration along with all of its correspondents and reporters also demand the immediate release of the teenager.