South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

Pakistan’s diplomatic and media offensive on the Kashmir issue is slowly gaining momentum but one must face the harsh reality that the support for the Kashmir cause is still shallow and narrow at the international level. 

 
Dawn.com August 30, 2019 :People in occupied Kashmir have accused Indian security forces of carrying out beatings and torture in the wake of the government's decision to strip the region of its autonomy, BBC News reported on Thursday.The BBC heard from several villagers who said they were beaten with sticks and cables, and given electric shocks.
The author of the article, journalist Sameer Hashmi, wrote that residents in several villages showed him injuries. The BBC, however, was not able to verify the allegations with officials.

Srinagar, July 14: Indian police arrested over a dozen youth in Baramulla , Islamabad  and Kulgam districts. The Personnel Security Officer (PSO) of National Conference leader Syed Tawqeer Shah was killed in an attack in Islamabad district while three persons were injured in separate blasts in Kashmir valley. The police arrested seven youth, Aadil Ahmed War, Shahnawaz Ahmed War, Zahoor Ahmed War, Tariq Ahmed War, Irfan Ahmed Malik, Irshad Ahmed Malik and Tawheed Ahmed Lone, during house raids in Sopore and Rafiabad areas of Baramulla district. The police arrested three other youth, Amir, Qaisar and Irfan during house raids in Islamabad town. At least five youth were detained during the nocturnal raids in Zazripora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Locals saidd that forces raided the locality on late Friday night and detained at least five youth from their respective houses.

July 13, 2019   Srinagar: Normal life was crippled in the Kashmir valley due to general strike called by pro-freedom groups as on this day in 1931, twenty-two Kashmiris were killed in firing by  Dorga forces during Dogra rule outside the Central Jail, Srinagar.

London; 14 July 2019: An exhibition entitled “Losing Sight in Kashmir”(on the human rights situation in India Held Kashmir) was organised by Lord Qurban Hussain and MP Kelvin Hopkins in association with Organisation of Kashmir Coalition (OKC) in the Houses of Parliament.   The Exhibition is in conformity with the observations made in the UN Human Rights Commissioners’ Reports of June 2018 and July 2019 and the Amnesty International`s Report on "Losing Sight in Kashmir.”

“LET’S TALK ABOUT KASHMIR! LET’S GET PAKISTAN AND INDIA TO TALK, LET’S FIND A SOLUTION! WE MUST START THE DIALOGUE WHICH SHOULD BRING PEACE TO THE REGION!” - “OUTSTANDING EXIHIBITION” – KASHMIR: CHAMPIONS OF PEACE AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Brussels; 12 July 2019: An outstanding Exhibition entitled “Kashmir: Champions of Peace” was  organised at the European Parliament (EP) hosted by MEP Klaus Buchner, MEP Julie Ward and  MEP Phil Bennion in association with Organisation of Kashmir Coalition (OKC). The guest of Honour, at the Exhibition, was Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, Chairman Pakistan Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
 

Srinagar, June 14 , 2019: The Kashmir Press Club (KPC) has strongly condemned the assault and seizure of cameras of the photo journalists Qasir Mir and Kamran Yousuf by Indian troops in south Kashmir’s Pulwama.

  جون 2019 سرینگر 13//بشری حقوق کی عالمی تنظیم ایمنسٹی انٹرنیشنل نے کہا ہے کہ کالے قانون پبلک سیفٹی ایکٹ (پی ایس اے) ایک ایسا قانون ہے جسکے ذر یعے ” انسداد جرم کے عدالتی نظام کو بالائے طاق رکھ کر احتسابی نظام، شفافیت اور انسانی حقوق کو نظر انداز کیا جاتا ہے۔“ایمنسٹی نے ایک رپورٹ میں اعداد شمار ظاہر کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ 2007سے 2016 تک 2400سے زائد افراد کو اس قانون کے تحت نظر بند رکھا گیا جن میں سے58 فیصدحکم ناموں کو عدالتوں نے کالعدم قرار دیا
ایمنسٹی انٹرنیشنل انڈیا نے مطالبہ کیا کہ وہ پی ایس اے اور اس جیسے تمام قوانین کو جو انتظامی نظربندی کے لیے استعمال کیے جا رہے ہیں، فوری طور پرمنسوخ کرے اور اس بات کو یقینی بنائے کہ اس قانون کے تحت غیر قانونی طور پر نظربند تمام افراد مکمل طور پر رہا ہوں اور ان کی مشکلات دور ہوں۔انسانی حقوق کی تنظیم ایمنسٹی انڈیا نے یہ بھی مطالبہ کیا ہے کہ وہ غیر قانونی حراستوںِ، اور قید میں اذیت رسانیوں اور تشدد کے تمام الزامات کی آزاد اور غیر جانبدارانہ تحقیق کرے اور ان واقعات میں ملوث افراد کو سزا دلائے
 انتظامیہ نے بدھ کو ایمنسٹی انٹرنیشنل کی جانب سے ”بے لگام قانون کا ظلم، جموں وکشمیر پی ایس اے کے تحت بلا الزام مقدمہ اور نظربندی“ کی رپورٹ منظر عام پر لانے پر روک لگا کر اس کا خلاصہ کرنے کی اجازت نہیں دی ۔ ایمنسٹی انٹرنیشنل کی طرف سے سرینگر کے ایک مقامی ہوٹل میں ایمنسٹی انٹرنیشنل انڈیا کے ایگزیکٹو ڈائریکٹر آکار پٹیل،پروگرام ہیڈ آشمتا اور مقامی محقق ظہور احمد وانی کو اس رپورٹ کا خلاصہ میڈیا کے سامنے پیش کرنا تھا،تاہم ایمنسٹی انٹرنیشنل کے مطابق گورنر انتظامیہ (کشمیر اس وقت صدارتی راج نافذ ہے) کی طرف سے انہیں اس کی اجازت نہیں دی گئی،
 

Srinagar, May 30, 2019:  Shakeel Ahmad Ahangar, husband of Neelofar and brother of Aasiya of Shopian, has said that he has now completely lost faith in all institutions of India and the Jammu and Kashmir and demanded a probe by an independent international agency into the Shopian incident  but the unrelenting struggle for justice by Shakeel Ahmed Ahangar continues.

Srinagar, May 29 : The students of Kashmir University assembled in the varsity campus to commemorate the 10th martyrdom anniversary of 2009 double rape and murder case Asiya and Neelofar in Shopian.  Students of various departments under the banner of ‘Kashmir University Students Union’ carrying banners ‘lest we forget&rdqu