South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

Washington, April 22 : The US State Department has said that the police authorities in  Kashmir routinely deny medical assistance and legal counsel to detainees, booked under the draconian Public Safety Act.The US State Department’s recent report on ‘Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012’ says that the PSA, which applies only in Kashmir, permits authorities to detain persons without charge or judicial review for as long as two years.

Srinagar, April 01, 2013:  In Srinagar, Doctors has said that the use of non-lethal weapons by Indian forces and police men had increased heart and other health problems in Kashmir.
Stories are increasingly common in Kashmir where government forces use an array of ‘non-lethal’ weapons against protesters, said a doctor. Scores if not hundreds of people have been injured by weapons including marbles fired from slingshots, pellet guns and the so-called pepper grenades which are packed with chemicals and a capsaicinoid concentrate.

Srinagar, Mar 27, 2013: A 16 year old boy was injured in a littered explosive blast in Baramulla district. 16-year-old Mohammad Maqsood Mir son of  Mohammad Afzal Mir  was injured after some explosive went off when he was clearing the field at Danisayyidan in Uri area of the district, a senior police officer in Baramulla told media men. He said Masood received injuries in the leg and was hospitalized.

Srinagar, Thu, 28 March 2013 : In Srinagar, the Civil society on Wednesday debated the draft of the  ‘Police Bill 2013’ and most of them agreed that the bill if passed was aimed at giving  arbitrary power to the police for legalising authoritie’s suppression on the people of Kashmir.
 A seminar, ‘Martyr Jalil Andrabi, A victim of human rights violation’ and ‘Police Bill 2013, was held at the lower Court complex in which eminent lawyers, civil society members, writers and leader spoke on these topics.

Srinagar, March 29: A Kashmiri youth, who the Indian police claim planning a suicide attack in the territory, was arrested by the Indian army in 2003 and was untraced ever since, his frantic mother has disclosed. Holding protests along with her Lawaypora family at the Press Enclave in Srinagar, Farida Bano said that her son, Shaukat Ahmad Paul, was picked up by an Indian army officer, Major Pratap of the Kilo Force in 2003.
She was reacting to a media report quoting the Indian police that Paul was planning a suicide attack in Srinagar.

Srinagar, March 29,2013:  Classrooms, computer and stenography labs of the Industrial Training Institute Pattan in Baramulla district have been turned into the bedrooms of Indian paramilitary Central Reserver Police Force (CRPF) personnel.

 
 
Srinagar, March 30, 2013:  Dozens of Kashmiri students were thrashed in  Indian southern city Bangalore on Saturday. Blaming Bangalore police, the Kashmiri students said that they were detained by the police when they approched them to register a complaint in a police station.   

Brussels, March 30 : The International Council for Human Rights (ICHR) and International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM) hosted a full day conference entitled Protecting & Promoting Women’s Rights at Palais des Nations in Geneva on 7th of March 2013.

Srinagar, Thursday, 14 Mar 2013 : Police Thursday confirmed another death by Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Srinagar. The fast moving  CRPF vehicle  hit and critically injured Ghulam Ahmad Chopan  alias Ama Chopan (70) of Fresdab, Charar-e-Sharief, Budgam on Wednesday evening near Solina in Srinagar. He later succumbed to his injuriesin Srinagar hospital on Thursday March 14, police official said. Police has registered a case in this regard. Ghulam Ahmad Chopan  hailed from Futlipora Chrar-e-Shareef and worked in Srinagar.