South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

 BENGALURU ,February 23, 2022  : In India , the Karnataka students, especially those studying in Class 10 and Class 12, who are being barred from entering the schools and colleges for wearing head scarp/ Hijab, are likely to miss their annual exams. As per the Karnataka High Court’s interim order, students are not allowed to wear hijab inside the classrooms. The annual examinations for SSLC (Class 10) and second PUC (Class 12) are scheduled to be held in April. The authorities have started issuing hall tickets to the students. However, some protesting students are refusing to collect their hall tickets. The education department, according to high level sources, has decided not to allow the students to appear in supplementary exams, which will be held for those who fail in the exams and opt for re-examination. The authorities in Vijayanagara district have continued the prohibitory orders for around 250 pre-university (PU) and 80 graduation colleges. Many students have boycotted the exams insisting to appear in the exams wearing hijab.

 February 23, 2022PRESS RELEASEIN a forceful and passionate interview, where both her anger and anguish are clearly visible, the Executive Director of Hindus for Human Rights, a US-based civil society organisation, says that her organisation will “certainly intensify and escalate” efforts to lobby the US Congress and Biden Administration to speak out against Hindutva and India’s treatment of minorities and Muslims in particular. 

 Srinagar, Feb 23 :  The train line service in the Kashmir Valley are proving to be very dangerous as in the past five years, 34 people have been crushed to death on the deadly rail tracks in  Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The rising incidents of deaths on railway tracks in Kashmir have raised a concern among the people in the Valley.

 NEW DELHI, February 23:  Experts from Amnesty International, Genocide Watch and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum among other leading human rights watchdogs have raised alarm over growing hate crimes in India and warned that Hindutva driven agenda of the government is creating conditions conducive to genocide of Muslims and Christians.&nbsp

 SRINAGAR,February 22, : The India’s National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) data has revealed that 627 children have gone missing in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir by 2020. The report include 350 boys and 277 girls. In 2020 alone, 230 children including 167 girls and 63 boys went missing in the territory. The NCRB data has revealed that 627 children have gone missing which include 350 boys and 277 girls. The data said that the recovery rate of the missing children in Jammu and Kashmir is a mere 29.2 percent.

 Kannur, February 22 , 2022; A CPI (M) worker was hacked to death by Hindutva RSS-BJP terrorists in Kerala state.The 54-year old CPI (M) member Haridasan was attacked by a Hindutva RSS-BJP terrorists in front of his house while he was returning home after work at Punnol near New Mahe  in Kannur  district of the state. 

 Bengaluru (Bangalore), February 22, 2022; Muslim homes and properties were attacked by Hindutva RSS,BJP and BanjrangDal terrorists while  Police remained mute spectators of the attacks in Indian souther disturbed state Karnataka. The Hindutva attacked the Muslims and damaged  properties in Shivamogga town of Karnataka . Tensions had started brewing in the town soon after the news of the murder of a 26-year-old member of Bajrang Dal, a Hindu extremist outfit, came in. According to local sources in the know of the situation, Muslim homes, shops and vehicles were damaged in stone pelting by the Hidutva mob.What was ironical about the violence is that it has been carried out against Muslims to avenge the murder of the Hindu youth whereas there is no evidence to suggest the involvement of any Muslim in the case. “Even though Muslims have no role in the murder, these people are attacking their homes,” lamented Mansoor.

 Imphal , February 21 : The Coordination Committee (CorCom) and United People's Revolutionary Front (UPRF) have announced a total shutdown on February 22 as a mark of boycotting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the  disturbed poll bound state in Manipur . While announcing the boycott , Coordination Committee (CorCom), a conglomerate of major freedom groups in Manipur, said that the total shutdown will be effective from 1:00 am of February 22 till the Indian Prime Minister leaves the state. 

Srinagar, February 21 : Mobile internet service  continued being suspended in many areas of   Srinagar city in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. In many localities like Rainawari, Safa Kadal, Nowhatta and other area in Srinagar people are still without the mobile internet services at about 3pm in the afternoon and later the services are resumed after 9pm.More than four months have passed since mobile internet started being suspended and people  mostly business community and students facing problems. “The shutdown is mostly of Airtel and Vodafone (Vi) services. Sometimes Jio services work, but largely they remain affected,” said Ishafaq Ahmad, a resident of Rainawari in Srinagar.

 SHAHJAHANPUR UP Inida,February 21 : A case has been registered against 18 police personnel, including an SP, in  Indian state Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur for a fake encounter. In October 2004, Dhanpal and Prahlad, both residents of Chachuapur village under Jalalabad police station, were shot dead by police on allegations of being members of the gangster Saragana Naresha Dhimar’s gang.