South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

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.

Srinagar, August 17 : Noted cardiologist of Kashmir, Dr Sheikh Jalal-ud-din, who was critically injured in an attack by unidentified gunmen last month, passed away in New Delhi, today. Dr Jalaal was critically injured when unidentified gunmen killed two police guards and he was critically injured in the incident in Pampore on July 18. 
He was first operated upon at the Soura Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar. He was later flown to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi for specialized treatment on July 21.

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.

Srinagar: Life took an ugly turn for a young Kashmiri girl Shazia Anwar  who was only a year old at the time after her father Syed Anwar Shah. left for routine work and went missing at Doolipora Vilgam in Kupwara in 2001 and she has been searching for whereabouts of her father in this conflict zone.

 
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.

 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.

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.

Posted by Kashmir Life on July 22, 2013 :In Gulshani Banat Hostel in Budgam’s Chadoora area, around 100 orphan girls are enrolled for learning. Some of these daughters have lost their parents to ill-timed fate, but most lost to ‘conflict’ back Valley. Kashmir Life’s Photojournalist, Bilal Bahadur tells visual story of orphan daughters of vale.

Srinagar, Thursday, 18 Jul 2013: Indian paramilitary forces have killed at least eight civilians and injured 42 others when Border Security Force (BSF) troopers fired at protesters in  Ramban district this morning.