he Executive Director of Kashmiri American Council, Dr Ghulam
Nabi Fai, who was produced before a US court on Wednesday, has been
released on USD 100,000 bond.
Dr Fai, who appeared before the US District
Court in Alexandria, Virginia, for a detention hearing on Wednesday,
was released and placed under home detention.
Magistrate Judge John Anderson
rejected the argument of a US prosecutor, who claimed that Dr Ghulam
Nabi Fai, 62, represented a flight risk and should be kept in jail.
Fai, a native of occupied Kashmir Kashmir, was arrested last week.
At a federal court hearing in
Alexandria, Virginia, the judge ruled that Fai must post $100,000 in
bond and he required detention at Fai's home in Virginia, along with
electronic monitoring.
Fai's travel is restricted to
the Washington, D.C., area, and John Anderson ruled from the bench at
the end of the 30-minute hearing.
Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai’s arrest had triggered
protest demonstrations in occupied Kashmir and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
All Hurriyet leaders had expressed concern over his arrest demanding
his immediate release. Dr Fai has been strongly advocating the
Kashmiris right to self-determination for the last 35-years. (KMS)
