Human rights news
In Kashmir, authority detains minors illegally, Boys detained without trial, girls sent to prisons: ACHR
New Delhi, Nov 16, 2011: In New Delhi, the Asian Centre for Human Rights in its fact finding report on Kashmir has said that a large number of children were detained under the draconian law, Public Safety Act during the uprising in 2010. The report deplored that the Act provided preventive detention for up to two years without producing a person to a court of law. The report mentioned that juveniles in Kashmir were being denied access to justice and benefits of the special protection to the minors.
Kashmiri civilian Abdullah Bhat was killed in a fake encounter in Janglat Mandi Islamabad
Srinagar, Oct 31 2011 : In Srinagar, the High Court has issued notices to regime led by Omar Abdullah and Indian Defence Ministry to file their objections within a
week regarding re-investigation of an fake encounter of a civilian identified as Abdullah Bhat son of Qadir Bhat of Machil, Kupwara that took place at Janglat Mandi, Islamabad in South Kashmir in 2001.
India bans Mirwaiz led ACC, Masroor Abbas Ansari's JKIM for 5 years in IIOJK
Mirwaiz, Masroor Ansari and APHC call ban as injustice, unfair
Missing Shopian youth found dead in Banihal
Srinagar, May 9 : Body of a 25-year-old missing youth was recovered under mysterious circumstances in Banihal town in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The deceased identified Aarif Ramzab Ganie of Shopian who went missing three days ago was recovered under mysterious circumstances near railway bridge of the town.
His wedding of the deceased was scheduled next week.. A probe has been initiated into the matter, officials said.
Calls for India to release Kashmiri political prisoners during devastating second Covid wave
Abdul Hameed Mir, 45, was detained by the authorities around the same time when Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s government unilaterally announced changes in the constitutional and legal status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, effectively wiping out the semi-autonomy enjoyed by the region for generations.Picked up from his house in the Kupwara district of Kashmir, Mr Mir was then in prison for more than 18 months without charge when he lost his mother. He had moved a bail application in March to carry out the last rites. It was denied. “His mother kept waiting for nearly two years to get a single glance of her only son,” his brother-in-law, Sajjad Dar, told The Independent. “She was not granted that in life. And was denied that dignity even in death.
Kashmiri children among prisoners in India crackdown
Srinagar, 16 Oct 2019: More than two months after New Delhi revoked the special status article 370 of Indian occupied Kashmir, thousands of Kashmiris are still in jail, including some as young as nine-year-old.
Amnesty International to come up with comprehensive Kashmir HR report
Srinagar, April 23, 2012: The global human rights group, Amnesty International team, which has just finished their 10-day visit to Kashmir, will visit again to Kashmir in near future.
Human rights activist’s detention and paranoia
Srinagar, May 29, 2011 : Well-known Indian human rights activist Gautam Navlakha was detained at Srinagar International Airport on his arrival there on Saturday May 29. He was not allowed to enter the city, and was served an order under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Core (CRPC). Navlakha, who’s a frequent visitor to Kashmir but was there this time on a personal visit along with a friend, was asked to return to Delhi. Since return flights had already departed for the day, Navlakha was detained at the airport. He is to return on May 29.
