Stuck Behind Bars in Pakistan: Can You Identify These 17 Indians?

17 Indians languishing in Pakistani jails are not in a mental state to confirm their addresses. Can you help them?

Three of the 17 Indians languishing in Pakistani jails beyond the completion of their sentences. Indian authorities say they are “mentally unsound.” (Photo: MHA)

The haunted look in their eyes conveys a lot more than their words. For these 17 prisoners in Pakistan’s prisons, there is nowhere to go, as they languish in the jails well beyond the completion of their sentences.

The prisoners, believed to be Indians, cannot be sent back home as they are unable to recall their whereabouts. They have been declared to be “mentally unsound”. Hostilities between India and Pakistan, which resulted in the cancellation of NSA-level talks last month, has not helped solved their situation either.

Based on just their photographs and names, the Indian government has now sought more information on the prisoners to try locate their families.

If you have any information about the prisoners mentioned here you can contact the following:

The Under Secretary (Foreigners),
Ministry of Home Affairs, NDCC-II Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi - 110001
Fax – 011-23438058/23438033
Email – [e-mail] / [e-mail]

Or

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative,
New Delhi Office, 55A, 3rd Floor, Siddharth Chambers,
Kalu Sarai, New Delhi 110 016
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]