Shabir Ahmad Shah , popularly known as Shabir Shah, (born 14 June 1953), in Shahabad dooru, Kadipora, Anantnag, Kashmir is the founder and president of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP), one of the main separatist political organizations seeking "right of self-determination" to Jammu and Kashmir. Having spent 31 years of his life in jails, he is known as the “Jail Bird”, “Nelson Mandela of Kashmir” and recognised by Amnesty International as “The Prisoner of Conscience.”