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High Court in Srinagar orders probe into Kashmiri youth’s disappearance by Police officer

Srinagar, November 05, 2013 :The High Court has directed police to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to be headed by a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) to investigate the disappearance of a youth, Showkat Ahmad Paul, in Indian army custody from Lawaypora in Srinagar in 2003.
The youth’s family insists that Showkat Ahmad Paul disappeared in army custody.

Relatives of detained Mushtaq under PSA stage protest ,‘We have nobody to look after us’

 
Srinagar, Oct 12, 2013: Aged parents and seven sisters of a youth arrested under black law Public Safety Act (PSA) Saturday staged protest demonstrations in Srinagar seeking release of their kin. 

Human rights news reports of Kashmir valley of Sept 21

Srinagar, September 21, 2013 Reports said that at least a dozen people were injured in Indian police violent action against protesters in Srinagar, Bandipore and Baramulla areas.
Curfew remained in force for the 15th consecutive day in Shopian, while life in Kashmir remained paralyzed in the wake of strike against Shopian killings and continuous curfew in the district. 

4 civilians killed in IndianCRPF firing in Shopian, locals says all were civilians, residents say they were just bikers

Srinagar, September 7, 2013 :  At least four civilians including Mohammad Yousuf of Durpora, Zainpora and Towseef Ahmad Bhat were killed in Indian paramilitary firing at Gagrun village in shopian district today, police siad.
Locals, talking to media men siad that the Indian paramiltary forces killed innocent civilians in what they say was a cold-blooded encounter. Soon after the incident, hundreds of people took to the streets and clashed with Indian forces in Shopian. 

Indian froces firing at Budshah Chowk Srinagar, civilian Injured, Malik, Untoo arrested

Srinagar, September 7, 2013 :Panic gripped entire Lalchowk when gunshots were heard in nearby Budshah bridge. According to eye witnesses, Indian armed forces Central Reserve Police Force fired at a vehicle  near Budshah Bridge near the city centre Lal Chowk injuring three persons including traveling in it. The witnesses told Kashmir Life that the car is lying upside down at the spot and the injured identified as Muhammad Iqbal Sheikh of Machuwa Chadoora and two women have been shifted to hospital.

Arrest of youth triggers violent protest in Pattan

Srinagar, August 3, 2013 : protest and clashes erupted between people and Indian police in Palhalan area of Pattan town when at least three thousand people blocked the Srinagar Baramul

la highway road after the arrest of a shopkeeper by Indian Army and Police on Saturday.

Hr defender calls for Int. intervention in Kashmir killings, no prosecution in 168 inquiries in 10 yrs

 
Srinagar, July 22: Noted human rights defender, Khurram Parvez has said that a total of 168 inquiries ordered in the territory to probe rights violations carried out by the Indian armed forces during the past 10 years have either remained incomplete or the final reports did not lead to indictment of the guilty.

Amnesty demand probe into Kashmir killings

 New Delhi, July 21, 2013: Amnesty International has urged the Kashmir authorities to conduct a full, impartial and effective investigation into all instances of use of force by Indian troops and police that resulted in killing or injuring of protesters in Ramban district.

HRW says unarmed protesters killed in Kashmir

New York, July 20, 2013: The New York-based world rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged India to appoint an independent commission to promptly and transparently investigate the killing of protesters by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) troops in Ramban  in Kashmir.

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