Levin cautioned that abuses were โnot happening in a vacuumโ these abuses are part of a worrying trend towards authoritarianism. SRINAGAR โ US Congressman, Andy Levin, a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation, has expressed concern over the human rights situation in Kashmir and emphasised that…
The MEPs highlighted three particular cases: the arrest of 16 activists and academics in the Elgar Parishad case, the continued arrest of 13 activists and students in connection with the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the detention of Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez. NEW DELHI โ Twenty-one Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have…
“I am satisfied that there is a reasonable basis to believe that both alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Ukraine since 2014.” NEW DELHI โ The International Court of Justice on Tuesday said it would hold genocide hearings on March 7 and 8 over the war in Ukraine, as fighting…
โI went out and saw that around 40 people had dragged these students out of their apartments and were beating them ruthlessly.โ SRINAGAR โ Three Kashmiri students were allegedly thrashed by locals in the Kharar area of Mohali in Punjab on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. The students pursuing Bachelorโs degree in Business…
Police said that their activities were โprejudicial in maintenance of peace and orderโ in the area. SRINAGAR โ The Jammu and Kashmir police have booked four persons under the draconian Public Safety Act and two persons under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. A police statement said that six persons were booked under preventive laws…
โUN experts raised concerns over abuses in Kashmir, including arbitrary detention of journalists, alleged custodial killings, and a broader pattern of systematic infringements of fundamental rights used against the local population.โ SRINAGAR โ New York-based Human Rights Watch has criticized the Indian authorities for intensified crackdown on activists, journalists, and other critics of the government…
โJDA did not spare even a 90-year-old Chacha in Jammu and rendered him homeless. This is the development of Gujjars and Bakerwals that BJP is claiming.โย SRINAGAR โ The Jammu Development Authority has come under severe criticism for demolishing the homes of several Gujjar and Bakarwal families in the Roopnagar area of the Jammu district.…
This is the first conviction among 2500 UAPA cases registered till date in Kashmir.ย Three others, all locals, have been acquitted after eight years of trialย in the same case. SRINAGAR โ In a first, a foreigner has been convicted under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) by a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Srinagar. On…
Several statements and comments by various international and national human rights bodies, and activists have rallied for the release of Kashmiri Human Rights defender Khurram Parvez. SRINAGAR โ Indiaโs top anti-terror agency, National Investigation Agency, Monday arrested renowned Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, 42 from Kashmirโs capital city Srinagar inviting sharp reactions from global…
โRelease my son, if he has committed a mistake, I apologize on his behalf,โ says the mother of one of the students. SHAHGUND (BANDIPORA) โ With a wrinkled face, Hafeeza Begum, 44, appears older than age. She is inconsolable and calls for her son repeatedly. She folds her hand in front of everyone visiting her…