South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

NEW DELHI , September 23 : The United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) in its annual report, has termed the arrest of Safoora Zargarand Christian James Michel   by Indian authorities as arbitrary. The report in respect to Safoora Zargar  stated, “Several human rights defenders were detained under vague and overly broad national security and anti-terrorism provisions, giving the authorities wide discretion to criminalise their peaceful activities.” 

Srinagar, Sept 22, 2021:  A youth was injured in Indian troops firing at Azad Gunj area of  Baramulla district of IIOJK on Wednesday.Reports said that youth identified as Mohsin Solih of Iqbal Colony Baramulla was injured in firing  by Indian forces. A top police official of the district told mediamen that a youth was injured in a firing incident by an Indian army party at Azad Gunj. The injured youth has been identified as Mohsin Solih, reported said.Authorities at GMC Baramulla said the youth has suffered an injury in his leg. He is stable, they said.

Jammu, September 22 , 2021: Normal economical activities remained affected in Jammu, due to traders strike call against the proposed opening of 100 Reliance retail stores in Jammu in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir,  today.A complete shutdown is being observed in Jammu call for which was given by Chamber of Commerce and Industry and was supported by twenty-five trade and industry lobbies besides several political parties.Wearing black badges to protest ‘anti-traders’ policies, the business community assembled at various markets and Chamber house and raised slogans like ‘Jammu Ekta Zindabad’.
 

New Delhi, September 22 , 2021 : A woman from Kyrgyzstan and her one-year-old son were found murdered at a house in  Indian capital New Delhi. The 28-old Kyrgyzstan woman, Myskal Zhumabaeva, and her son Manas were found lying dead on the bed with stab injuries on chest and other body parts in southeast Delhi’s Kalkaji area. A case of murder has been registered in connection with the incident, Indian police claimed, adding that further investigation is underway to nab the culprit and ascertain the motive behind the killing.

September 21, 2021: In India, a student of Visva-Bharati University (VBU) in West Bengal has alleged that an upper-caste professor refused to interact with him and called him ”impure”. The police have filed an FIR against the professor on the basis of a complaint submitted by the student who is identified as Somnath Sow.Sow told PTI news agency that he came across professor Sumit Basu at a tea stall in Syambati area of Santiniketan. It was at that time, Basu “called me a Dalit and said he did not want to talk to me”, Sow said.

 Koppal (Karnataka), Sep 22, 2021: The parents of a Dalit boy were fined Rs 23,000 after the two-year-old entered a Hanuman temple at Miyapura village near Hanumasagar in Koppal district of southern Indian state Karnataka. The toddler was taken to the temple by his father on his birthday. As members of the Dalit community here are unofficially not allowed inside the temples, they always pray from outside.

 New Dehli, September 21, 2021: The Indian English language daily The Indian Express in its editorial  has said that a new order issued by the IIOJK administration on the conduct of government employees will lead to further alienation in Jammu and Kashmir.  The editorial said.  the new order by the administration  on the conduct of government employees will likely produce more governance paralysis and lead to further alienation in the territory. The editorial titled ‘State of Suspicion’ said that it was hard to fathom the reasoning behind this egregious order, which comes on the heels of others indicating a toughening stance against Kashmiris in government employment. It added that the alienation in the Valley is no secret. That is why young boys are still running away from home to join militant groups, the editorial said and added that the order is a tacit acknowledgement of this widespread disaffection.

 SRINAGAR, September 21, 2021: The Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted multiple raids and harassed families in Srinagar , Kulgam, Islamabad and Baramulla areas in the Kashmir Valley. The NIA raided the residence of Mohammad Shafi Wani and his son Rayees Wani in Lasjan area of Srinagar and other places in south and north Kashmir districts.Sources here said NIA sleuths raided the residence of Mohammad Shafi Wani, a resident of Lasjan in Srinagar district.

NEW DELHI ,September  20 : In India, the  Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (Mahmood Madani group) has demanded that policemen involved in the custodial death of 32-year-old Qasim Abdullah Hayat in Gujarat’s Godhra be booked. Qasim was arrested on  last week for allegedly transporting cow meat. The following day, he was found dead before he could be produced before a magistrate. Citing the video footages, the police claimed that he had committed suicide while family members said he was tortured by police leading to his death. A delegation of Jamiat’s Gujarat unit met with Godhra Superintendent Police Leena Patil  demanded action against the erring police officers.