South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

Srinagar, February 24. 2013 : The Indian paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)  continues to occupy the buildings at premier health institutions of the Kashmir Valley despite the claims of the administration that Indian forces have vacated all the important buildings in Kashmir. The erstwhile Animal House of the Soura Institute of Medical Sciences, with multi-storey building and over 20 Kanal of land, still continues to be under the occupation of CRPF personnel.

 
Thursday, February 07,2013:Child victims of sexual abuse in India are often mistreated and humiliated by police, the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. The report says sexual abuse is "disturbingly common" in Indian homes, schools and care homes, and government systems to deal with the issue of abuse are inadequate.
Reports say more than 7,200 children, including infants, are raped every year in India. Child rights activists believe many more cases go unreported.

 Srinagar, Jan 2013: ‘Unmarked graves’ in Kashmir has now became a term and this term no more jolts the valley people as every day people came to know through newspapers about these unmarked graves in which number of innocent Kashmiris have been buried after being brutally killed and very unfortunate aspect of this shocking story is that still no one knows who has killed these people buried in unmarked graves.

 Srinagar, Sat, 04 January 2013 : A young journalist was thrashed by police men (cops) in Hazratbal in Srinagar city. Imran Muzaffar, a reporter with  Srinagar based daily‘Greater Kashmir,’ was roughed up by cops when he requested them to stay in queue at an Automated Teller Machine outside the Kashmir University when a woman was holding transaction.

Srinagar, December 30, 2012 :,Curfew  and strict restrictions were imposed in south town of Pulwama on the third consecutive day, today,( Sunday), after more than dozen civilians were critically injured by Indian government forces on Friday during protest demonstrations against the destroying of a residential house and atrocities committed by forces on people in Chandpora(Babgam) in Pulwama during operation. “Curfew is going on in Pulwama and it is continuing, ” a police spokesman told mediamen.

 سرینگر۔ دسمبر9/, 2012 کشمےر مےں1990سے عوامی تحرےک آزادی کی سے 2012 دسمبر تک انسانی حقوق کے حوالے سے نہ صرف وادی میں کام کررہی کئی انجمنوں نے اعداد وشمار پیش کئے ہیں بلکہ بین الاقوامی سطح پر ایمنسٹی انٹرنیشنل اور ہیومن رائٹس واچ نے بھی اس حوالے سے تحریری طور پر وقتاً فوقتاً کشمےر میں ہورہی انسانی حقوق کی پامالیوں کو اجاگر کیاہے۔اس متناز عہ علاقے میں کوئی بھی ادارہ اب تک گرفتاریوں،حراستی گمشدگیوں ،حراستی قتل اور دیگر واقعات کے حوالے سے مصدقہ طور پر اعداد وشمار پیش نہیں کرسکا ہے کیونکہ کسی بھی غیر سرکاری ادارے نے اس ضمن میں دستاویزتیار نہیں کئے ہیں۔غالباً پہلی بار انٹرنیشنل فورم

Srinagar, December 6, 2012:  In Sriangar, the study report has revealed that as many as 500 Indian paramilitary and police personals including the senior officials are involved in human rights abuse in Jammu and Kashmir in last more than two decades of military violence.  Two human rights groups Thursday said that 235 Indian army men, 123 paramilitary personnel, 111 policemen and 31 government sponsored gunmen were involved in 214 cases of human rights violations in Kashmir.

 Srinagar, December 4 : Several parts of Srinagar city, remained under curfew imposed by the authorities for the seventh consecutive day, today. 

 Srinagar, 07 November 2012: In Srinagar, the High Court has directed a Special Investigation Team of police to conclude within three months the probe into the 2002 disappearance of a civilian by Indian Army’s Rashtriya Rifles. Manzoor Ahmad Dar was arrested from his home in Rawalpora in Srinagar by Indian army in January 2002.

Srinagar, October 18, 2012 :In Srinagar, the Amnesty International has reiterated that the black law, Public Safety Act (PSA) is a lawless law, expressed serious concern over the lack of determination by the authorities to repeal it.