Pakistan Chrtistian Prisoner Pakistan: Christian person moves to high court to demand her release from 'illegal' detention
Islamabad: A Christian person, who is kept in Peshawar Central Prison, moved to the high court on Wednesday to seek his release from the prolonged ‘illegal’ detention, media reports said.
In the petition, Shakeel Masih claimed that he had been imprisoned for around 10 years without trial, while the records of his alleged crime and detention had been missing from the documents of the relevant court in Khyber tribal district, reports Dawn News.
He requested the Pakistani court to declare his detention illegal, unconstitutional and against his basic rights.
Shakeel Masih alleged that the trial court without assigning any reason had been extending his judicial remand after every 14 days for keeping him behind bars, reports the Pakistani newspaper.
He requested the court to declare the trial court’s arbitrary orders by granting judicial custody without recording any reason as against the basic principles of criminal justice.
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