South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

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.

Srinagar, November 23, 2019 : In India, a Kashmiri students group was thrashed at inside the campus on Friday evening in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan. 
The reports quoted eyewitnesses as having said that around 8pm, as the students gathered in the mess for their supper, the students from Bihar went there and attacked the Kashmiri students. One Injured Kashmiri student Tahir Majeed from the Handwara    was treated at a hospital.
 

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, 2019 :Economic losses have run well around 1.5 billion dollars since India revoked special status of Kashmir in August, the main trade body in the territory said, adding that it planned to sue the Indian government for damages. The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) said development was elusive, thanks to a protracted shutdown after people closed markets and businesses as a mark of protest against the Indian action.
 

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

Aligarh (India), November 20, 2019: The level of Indian government’s strictness towards internet shutdown can be gauged from the fact that police registered an FIR against n Aligarh Muslim University Professor  Huma Parveen, and her husband, who lives in Kashmir valley, for just posting comments on social media about the agony of being disconnected in worlds most militarized zone, Kashmir.

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, Nov 17, 2019: The authorities of Jammu and Kashmir which is under presidential rule  will impose ban on parking of any vehicles on the airport road in Srinagar.
 

Srinagar, Nov 17, 2019:In the first week of November the snow damaged more than 150 structures including residential houses, whereas many apple orchards  damaged across the Kashmir valley, reveals the report of Deputy Commissioner office, Srinagar.