South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

Srinagar, April 08: Indian government has completed construction of several separate colonies to settle non-locals in the Kashmir Valley in the guise of Pandits’ rehabilitation to change the Muslim majority status of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Indian has completed construction of several separate colonies to settle non-locals in the Kashmir Valley in the guise of Pandits’ rehabilitation. Most of the colonies have been constructed in Srinagar, Bandipore, Baramulla and Badgam areas where Indian forces’ personnel and employees would be settled on permanent basis with an aim to change the Muslim majority status of the occupied territory.

Aligarh, April 8:  Hundreds of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students have staged a peaceful protest against the recent “witch-hunting of Muslims” in  Indian Bihar and other parts of India. The protesting students has urged the government to ensure the safety and security of Muslim institutions and asked the authorities to provide protection to all places of worship to avoid any untoward situation in the future. 

 New Delhi, April 8:An Indian police Head Constable committed suicide by shooting himself  in the Indian capital New Delhi on Saturday. The Delhi Police Head Constable shot himself dead with his service rifle inside a PCR van in the capital city's Civil Lines area.The deceased was identified as Imran Mohammed.

Srinagar, April 05 : Indian police re-arrested the two youth who escaped from a police station in Baramulla in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Washington, April 05 : US-based scholars and activists have said that Kashmiri right defenders and journalists are being targeted for the bringing to light rights violations, a crackdown on ordinary freedoms of Kashmiris, and the fact that all is not hunky-dory in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

New Delhi, April 5  The prominent Islamic scholar Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui was granted bail by the Allahabad High Court  in India on Wednesday.The Islamic scholar, behind bars for over 500 days, was arrested under the anti-conversion law by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (UP ATS) in September 2021.

WASHINGTON, DC April 5 : The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) has strongly condemned Hindu extremist violence against Muslims in various Indian states over the last week.  The Hindutva extremist mobs participating in processions for the Hindu festival of Ram Navami have systematically attacked Muslims, along with their homes, businesses, and places of worship in at several Indian states, including Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi, Gujarat, Telangana, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Islamabad, April 05 : Foreign Office Spokesperson, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, has reiterated Pakistan's concern about well-being of Kashmiri leaders and human rights defenders incarcerated in India and illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The Spokesperson at her weekly news briefing in Islamabad, today, impressed upon India to end suppression of Kashmiri journalists and human rights defenders.

April 5, 2023Ranchi, April 05 : The family members of the five Nexal guerrillas have said that they were killed by Indian paramilitary and police personnel in a fake encounter in the Indian disturbed state of Jharkhand on Monday.

Mumbai, India, April 04 : Indian police fired and killed a 45-year-old Muslim man Shaikh Muniroddin in Kiradpura India state  Maharashtra. The family of the victim has urged for a thorough investigation into his death and also objected to the police including him in the list of rioters in the First Information Report (FIR) connected to the violence on the day of Ramnavmi.