South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

 Srinagar, March 17  : Indian police arrested  over a dozen youth in Srinagar, in  Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Indian police during house raids arrested over a dozen youth   at Nowgam area of Srinagar. The arrested youth were involved in protest against the killing of three youth martyred by Indian troops yesterday during cordon and search operation in the area, the police FIR claimed.The police registered FIR on them in Police Station Nowgam. 

 By Abdul Bari MasoudNew Delhi,March 17 : A group of Muslim women activists  have expressed grave concern over the Indian state Karnataka High Court’s decision on the head scarp/ hijab prohibition in schools and colleges. The women activists  said the contentious verdict has far reaching consequences on the community which failed to address their fundamental right to religious freedom as well as it did not  make  mention of the stalking, harassment, and assault against Muslim women perpetrated by  ultra Hindutva vigilante groups and members of the college administration since the interim order was issued.  Activists also underlined that the verdict creates a false equivalence between the saffron shawl and the wearing of the hijab, giving the crowd more power to harass Muslim women. They held a press conference at the Press Club of India  to put across their concerns after the verdict saying Muslim women are likely to experience increasing prejudice in public areas after the court ruling. 

LUCKNOW ,March 16: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has expressed ‘regret and disappointment’ on the Karnataka High Court order upholding the ban on head scarp/ hijab in educational institutions in Indian southern state Karnatna. 

 SRINAGAR, March 14 :  Body of man and woman were recovered from the River Jhelum in  two districts of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.  A decomposed dead body  one Showkat Ahmad Gorsi (25) was recovered in river jhelum at Zirpara of Islamabad district

 New Delhi ,March 14 : A fact finding committee (FFC) of the Press Council of India (PCI) has found that the “news media in the Jammu & Kashmir and especially in the Kashmir Valley is slowly being choked mainly because of the extensive curbs imposed by the local administration”. The FFC was set up in September 2021 by then PCI chairman Justice (retd) C K Prasad to look at the state of the media in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir after PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti wrote to the Council.  “There is a long list of journalists who have been individually harassed. The object is to create a fear and intimidation to fall in with the government line,” the FFC   committee has said in its report that was submitted last week.

 Srinagar, March 10 :  Indian troops martyred three Kashmiri youth in Pulwama and Srinagar districts, today in n Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 

 Jammu- Srinagar March 9 : One person was killed and 15 others were injured in a mysterious blast in Udhampur districtin Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The blast took place at busy Slathia Chowk of the district, the police officer said.

 Geneva, March 9 : The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)  and other top constitutional authorities  have expressed  serious concern over the treatment of human rights defenders in India and IIOJK. 

  NEW DELHI , India March 9, 2022: Two Muslim men are said to have been thrashed on Sunday night in Gurugram, Haryana  state in India, allegedly on account of their religion. The two assailants who attacked the duo initially seemed to have no motive other than that they belong to a particular religion. However, before leaving the spot they snatched their mobile phones and bike. A PTI report, quoted local police as saying the two assailants attacked and hurled religious slurs at Abdur Rehman and his friend Mohammad Azam. The police is said to have identified one of the assailants as Amit.

 Amaravati, India March 9, 2022:  A local Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader, Kona Venkata Rao, consumed poison and killed himself after alleging that he was harassed by the local Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) leader and the local police in Indian state Andhra Pradesh.