Srinagar, June 26 -- Member of Parliament from Srinagar, Ruhullah Mehdi, has written to Union home minister Amit Shah for proper and dignified medical treatment to the undertrial separatist Shabir Ahmad Shah at a facility equipped with cancer treatment. The National Conference leader and Lok Sabha member from Srinagar also sought the involvement of Shah's family in the medical decisions for his treatment. "Shabir Ahmad Shah is now 70 years old. By every humane and legal standard he is entitled to medical treatment with dignity and fairness. His doctors have recommended three surgeries for serious medical conditions which include life-threatening prostate cancer. Despite the gravity of his condition, he remains incarcerated since 2017, without family support," Mehdi wrote in the letter. Shah, 74, has been incarcerated in Tihar Jail after he was arrested by the enforcement directorate on July 25, 2017, in a 2005 money laundering case. On October 4, 2019, the NIA filed a supplementary charge sheet in another case against Shah and four others, including Yasin Malik, Masarat Alam, Engineer Rashid and Asiya Andrabi, before a Delhi court. The offences included Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 121 (waging war against government of India), 121A (conspiracy to wage war) and 124A (sedition) of the IPC. "During visit to Safdarjung Hospital on May 1, 2025, his family has alleged that he was subjected to harassment and degrading treatment by escorting officers, and that access to his medical records has also been withheld from them," Mehdi wrote. "Article 10(1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which India is a party, mandates that prisoners must be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person. The Nelson Mandela Rules (Rules 24 and 26) mandate that prisoners should receive the same standard of health care available to the general population," he said.htc...