Incarceration of Khurram Parvez and Irfan Mehraj has made human rights work in Kashmir extremely difficult, FIDH’s Juliette Rousselot
Since August 2019, and even more so since human rights defender Khurram Parvez’s arrest, it has become incredibly hard to get any systematic information about human rights violations in J&K, FIDH’s Juliette Rousselot tells The Leaflet.
#kashmir #KhurramParvez #HumanRights #InvoluntaryDisappearances #dissent #FIDH #JKCCS #JulietteRousselot #activism #india
https://theleaflet.in/incarceration-of-khurram-parvez-and-irfan-mehraj-has-made-human-rights-work-in-kashmir-extremely-difficult-fidhs-juliette-rousselot/
Incarceration of Khurram Parvez and Irfan Mehraj has made human rights work in Kashmir extremely difficult, FIDH’s Juliette Rousselot – The Leaflet
Since August 2019, and even more so since human rights defender Khurram Parvez’s arrest, it has become incredibly hard to get any systematic information about human rights violations in J&K, FIDH’s Juliette Rousselot tells The Leaflet.
Empty rooms, silenced voices: What remains of Kashmiri civil society’s valiant fight for justice
The painstaking work of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society highlighted the systemic violence and the repression of human rights.
Two years on, human rights defender Khurram Parvez waiting for his human rights to be defended
As Khurram Parvez, perhaps the most prominent face of human rights work in Jammu and Kashmir, completes two years behind bars without trial today, activists call it a travesty.
#kashmir #KhurramParvez #HumanRights #activism #dissent #UAPA #DranonianLaws #JKCCS #IndianArmedForces #AFSPA #india
https://theleaflet.in/two-years-on-human-rights-defender-khurram-parvez-waiting-for-his-human-rights-to-be-defended/
Two years on, human rights defender Khurram Parvez waiting for his human rights to be defended – The Leaflet
As Khurram Parvez, perhaps the most prominent face of human rights work in Jammu and Kashmir, completes two years behind bars without trial today, activists call it a travesty.
India: UN expert demands immediate end to crackdown on Kashmiri human rights defenders (Press Release) - UN SR Human Rights Defenders
GENEVA (24 March 2023) – India must immediately end its crackdown against Kashmiri human rights defenders, UN expert* said today,
The Work of Irfan Mehraj, a Fearless Journalist Who Offered Fresh Perspectives on Kashmir
Arrested by the NIA, Mehraj's work always stood out for attention to Kashmir’s politics, history, culture, and most importantly, its people.
#kashmir #IrfanMehraj #journalism #NIA #PressFreedom #media #censorship #JKCCS #KashmiriPandits #KhurramParvez #NGOs #HumanRights #india
https://thewire.in/media/irfan-mehraj-journalist-nia-arrest-work
The Work of Irfan Mehraj, a Fearless Journalist Who Offered Fresh Perspectives on Kashmir
Arrested by the NIA, Mehraj's work always stood out for attention to Kashmir’s politics, history, culture, and most importantly, its people.
NIA arrests Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez in alleged terror funding case
He had already been in prison since November 2021 in a separate terrorism-related case.
Who Is Khurram Parvez, the ‘Human Rights Defender’ of J&K Arrested Under UAPA?
"He’s not a terrorist, he’s a Human Rights Defender," tweeted United Nations Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor on Monday, 22 November, hours after eminent activist Khurram Parvez was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in Jammu and Kashmir.
above report could be read as a follow-up to the August 2020 report on 'Kashmir's Internet Siege' by
#JKCCS, whose programme coordinator
#KhurramParvez remains detained since Nov 2021.
https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/publications/report-kashmirs-internet-seige/
Report: Kashmir's Internet Seige - Global Freedom of Expression
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to advance understanding of the international and national norms and institutions that best protect the free flow of information and expression in an inter-connected global community with major common challenges to address. To achieve its mission, Global Freedom of Expression undertakes and commissions research and policy projects, organizes events and conferences, and participates in and contributes to global debates on the protection of freedom of expression and information in the 21st century.
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