South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

18 Oct 2019 Amnesty International UK Press releases: Amnesty International has documented a clear pattern of the Indian authorities arbitrarily detaining activists, politicians and even children if they are thought to hold dissenting opinions, as the crackdown in Jammu and Kashmir continues.

Srinagar, 16 Oct 2019: More than two months after New Delhi revoked the special status article 370 of Indian occupied Kashmir, thousands of Kashmiris are still in jail, including some as young as nine-year-old.

“At least a dozen patients have died because they could not call an ambulance or could not reach the hospital on time, the majority of them with heart-related disease,’’ said Sadaat, a doctor in a Kashmir hospital who did not want to be identified by his full name out of fear or reprisals.

UP refuses to reveal details of Kashmiri prisoners.Authorities Refuse to Reveal Details of People From J&K Detained in UP Jails Under RTI

Srinagar, Wed 16 Oct 2019 :Mehraj-ud-din Wani’s parents traveled around 1,000km (620 miles) by bus to visit him in Agra central jail last week. “You have no idea how I arranged the money for the travel,” his father, Ghulam Nabi Wani, said. “He has changed so much physically, he has become weak and he shivers while talking.” Wani was arrested on 9 August, during protests in Srinagar against the Indian government.Back in Kashmir, people lived in fear, said another relative. “Anybody can stop you, anybody can take [arrest] you,” he said. “There is no accountability. The moment you speak out you are in jail.”

نیویارک15 اکتوبر 2019  :امریکی اخبار نے انکشاف کیا ہے کہ بھارتی فوج حراست میں لیے جانے والے کشمیریوں کو بجلی کے جھٹکے دیتی اور انہیں الٹا لٹکا کر تشدد کا نشانہ بناتی ہے۔
واشنگٹن پوسٹ میں شائع ہونے والی رپورٹ میں بھارتی اقدامات کو خلاف جمہوریت قرار دیتے ہوئے کہا گیا ہے کہ امریکی صدر نے مقبوضہ کشمیر کے حل کے لیے کردار ادا نہیں کیا، وادی میں بھارتی فوج کی جبری حراست کے حوالے سےمسلسل اطلاعات موصول ہورہی ہیں۔

Oct 16, 2019 Srinagar: Indain police arrested Hurriyet leader, Hayat Ahmad Bhatnown as Hayat Dar  on Wednesday in Srinagar. Bhat, also known as Hayat Dar was arrested in an early morning raid by  police was previously affiliated with the Muslim League and has been booked twice in the past under the black law Public Safety Act. So far, 16 FIRs have been filed against him in police made cases. 

Srinagar, October 09, 2019: The ongoing lockdown has cost the region’s economy more than $1 billion in two months, BBC said quoting industry experts.  Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry estimates the shutdown has already cost the region more than $1.4bn (£1.13bn), and thousands of jobs have been lost and according to Shiekh Ashiq, president of the chamber of industry ,"More than 50,000 jobs have been lost in the carpet industry alone," What's more, the streets are deserted and devoid of the tourist business which had supported up to 700,000 people. 
The BBC in its report on the prevailing situation in the occupied territory says, “Two months on, the situation is far from normal. Internet and mobile phone connections remain suspended, public transport is not easily available, and most businesses are shut …………. There is also a shortage of skilled labour, as some 400,000 migrants have left since the lockdown began.”

New Dehli, 9 2019 : The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged India to release political prisoners, end crackdown operations and restore internet and mobile communication in occupied Kashmir. It has been over two months since the Indian government revoked constitutional autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir and split the state into two centrally administered territories and yet abusive restrictions, including a lockdown on internet and mobile phone services, remain, the HRW

Srinagar, 06 Oct 2019 : The lockdown in Kashmir has reached over 64 days with the abrogation of Article 370, which gave special powers to the Jammu and Kashmir, there are several reports of mass detentions, torture and molestation by the Indian forces . There are stories of molestation and eve teasing by Indian forces narrated by women. Some of them said they were filmed as they walked down the streets by the men in uniform, while many others reported the use of cuss words and threats of sexual assault.