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…
โThe policy of repression and demolition of institutions in J&K being pursued by the authorities is extremely unfortunate and sad.โ SRINAGAR โย The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has expressed grave concern over the plight of Kashmiri political prisoners, youth, human rights activists, and others, incarcerated for years in various jails in Jammu and Kashmir and…
โIndian forces headed by Manoj Naravane, Amit Shah responsible for killings in Kashmir. It also accused eight unnamed senior Indian military officials of direct involvement in war crimes and torture in Kashmir.โ SRINAGAR โ A London-based law firm has sought the arrest of India’s army chief and a senior Indian government official over their alleged…
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…
Officials claim the prisons in J&K are overcrowded but so is the Agra jail where they have been shifted to. SRINAGAR โ The family of Yasir Majeed Mir was awaiting his release from Kathua jail when they heard that their son has been shifted to a high-security jail in Agra. Mir, 22, was arrested in…
Introduction It is a common argument, made both implicitly and explicitly in Islamophobic rhetoric, that Islam, on the whole, is antithetical to modern secular notions of human rights. Whether it is through the lens of the rights of women in Islam and the oppression of women in the Muslim world, or through cited components of the shariโa regarding…