South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

Srinagar, December 22, 2019: A 65-year old member of Jamat-e-Islamia Jammu and Kashmir died in Naini central jail Allahabad Jail in Indiaon Saturday  who was detained by authorities under draconian law Public Safety Act (PSA)  in July , 2019  and was shifted to Allahabad Jail,in India. The victim was identified as Ghulam Mohammad Bhat (65) son of Mohammad Sultan Bhat of Kulangam, Handwara.
A family member of the deceased told over phone that Bhat was arrested on July 10 by Police Post Chogal and then shifted to Police Station Mattan, Islamabad. “Two days later, he was shifted to Allahabad Jail India. On Saturday, we were informed by the police about his death,” he said and added family has gone to Allahabad to receive the body of the deceased.
 

 Jammu, 07 Dec 2019: The Indian police detained Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP )chairman and former so-called Education Minister, Harsh Dev Singh, party president, Balwant Singh Mankotia (Ex-so-called MLA) and a score of other JKNPP party leadersin jammu city on Dec 6 Friday. 

Srinagar, December 05, 2019:The economy of Kashmir has suffered losses of Rs 15,000 crore since August 5, when the Indian government abrogated Article 370 provisions, a commerce body has said that this is just a conservative estimate due to continued lockdown and internet blockade imposed by India.  The Indian Modi Government had repealed provisions of the article that gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated it into union territories of Ladakh, and Jammu and Kashmir and placed Kashmir under prison. 

 December 3, 2019Hong Kong – On a historic day for Buddhism and for human rights at an international level, on November 25 the Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights has declared the Indian Army guilty of committing acts of Genocide in Kashmir among other charges, says a press release emailed to Kashmir Watch.

خواتین پرتشدد کے خاتمے کا عالمی دن 25 نومبر کو منایا جاتا ہے۔ جموں کشمیرمیں کشمیر ی خواتین بھارتی فوجیوں اورپولیس اہلکاروں کی طرف سے انسانی حقوق کی بدترین خلاف ورزیوں کا شکار ہیں  بھارتی فوجیوں نے خواتین کی بے حرمتی کی جن میں کنن پوشپورہ میں کپواڑہ اجتماعی زیادتی کا شکار، شوپیاں میں جنسی زیادتی کے بعد قتل کی جانے والی دو خواتین اور کٹھوعہ میں آٹھ سالہ بچی آصفہ بانو کو اغوا اور بے حرمتی کرنے کے بعد قتل ہونے والے خواتین بھی شامل ہیں ہیومن رائٹس واچ پورٹ کے مطابق زیادتی کے بیشتر واقعات محاصرے اور تلاشی کے آپریشنز کے دوران پیش آئے۔ ایچ آر ڈبلیو کی ایک اوررپورٹ کے مطابق، کشمیر میں بھارتی اہلکاروں نے عصمت دری کو انسداد بغاوت کے حربے کے طور پر استعمال کیا ہے تنازعہ کشمےر کی وجہ سے کشمےری خواتےن سب سے زےادہ متاثر ہوئی ہےں کشمیریوں کی حق پر مبنی تحریک آزادی کو کمزور کرنے کیلئے بھارتی فوجیوںکی طرف سے کشمیری خواتین کو جنسی طورپر ہراساں کرنا روز کا معمول بن گیا ہے۔ حریت رہنماءسیدہ آسیہ اندرابی ، فہمیدہ صوفی اور ناہیدہ نسرین گزشتہ تین برس سے بھارت کی بدنام زمانہ تہاڑ جیل میں غیر قانونی طورپر مسلسل نظربند ہیں جبکہ متعدد خواتین جموں اور کشمیر کے جیلوں میں بھی بند رکھے گئے ہیں جنوری 1989ء سے اب تک بھارتی فوجیوں کے ہاتھوں کشمیر میں خواتین کو بہت نقصان اٹھانا پڑا ہے۔ جسمیںخواتین کی بے حرمتی کی جن میں کنن پوشپورہ میں اجتماعی زیادتی کا شکار ہونے والے خواتین بھی شامل ہیں۔  خواتین کے ساتھ زیادتی کی گئی ، تشدد کا نشانہ بنایا گیا۔ معذور اور قتل کیا گیا۔ کشمیری خواتین دنیا میں بدترین جنسی تشدد کا شکار ہیں۔ ایک اندازے کے مطابق 9فیصد کشمیری خواتین جنسیاستحصال کا شکار ہوئی ہیں۔بھارتی فوج کی چوتھی اجپوتانہ رائفلز کے جوانوں نے 23 فروری 1991 کو جموں و کشمیر کے ضلع کپواڑہ کے ایک گاو¿ں کنن پوش پورہ میں سرچ آپریشن شروع کیا۔جس کے بعد 23 خواتین کی عصمت دری کی گئی۔
 

Pulwama, Nov 23, 2019: After July 8, 2016 so deadly along with men, women and young boys and girls were  hit by lead pellets fired by Indian forces and police personnel on mourners and protesters in Kashmir valley. As of now, there is no particular study done to find out, how many women were hit with pellets, but even conservative estimates would suggest a shockingly-high number. And Ifrah Shakoor is one of them.  Ifrah Shakoor, who lost her father killed by Indian froces during crackdown operation and clashes, waits in the kitchen in her house in Rahmoo in south Kashmir district Pulwama. She is expecting her sister to bring “nun chai- Kashmiri tea”, which is served in the Kashmir Valley during mornings and evenings. As she waits, Abdul Aziz, her 65-year-old grandfather joins her. 
She instantly asks her grandfather, “Wen Kar chu hasptal tarun (When do we have to visit hospital)”, which he replied March 15 , 2017 Ifrah was referring to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital in Srinagar city, where she has gone through four eye surgeries after she was hit by pellets in October 2016.

By Naureen M. Haroon on November 19, 2019:  Last August, shortly after India revoked the autonomous status of the disputed Kashmir valley, the British medical journal The Lancet published an editorial expressing concern about the physical and mental health of Kashmiris. Pointing to “gross human rights violations by state security forces and armed groups,” in the region—often described as the world’s most militarized zone—it lamented the suffering of civilians caught between militants and tens of thousands of Indian troops. Human Rights Watch estimates that more than 50,000 people have been killed there since 1989. The “people of Kashmir need healing from the deep wounds of this decades-old conflict, not subjugation to further violence and alienation,” the editors concluded.
 

Srinagar, November 20 : Indian troops in their unabated acts of state terrorism have martyred 894 children during the last thirty years. A report released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service on the occasion of the World Children Day, today, revealed that 894 children were among the 95,469 civilians martyred by In

Srinagar, November 16, 2019: The 33-year-old Parvez Ahmad Pallavi who is a cancer patient was arrested by Indian police on August 6 this year from his house in Matibugh in Kulgam was shifted to Indian jail in Utter Pardesh. Parvez Ahmad Pallavi ,a pro-freedom activist is facing so many health problems  .

Srinagar, November 16, 2019: Indian Police arrested five persons in north Kashmir’s Sopore and Kupwara areas. Three persons arrested by police personnel during house raids identified as Hilal Ahmad, Sahil Nazir both residents of Brath-Kalan Sopore and Peerzada Mohammad Zahir resident of Check Brath Sopore were arrested.