South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

 Srinagar, Jan 2013: ‘Unmarked graves’ in Kashmir has now became a term and this term no more jolts the valley people as every day people came to know through newspapers about these unmarked graves in which number of innocent Kashmiris have been buried after being brutally killed and very unfortunate aspect of this shocking story is that still no one knows who has killed these people buried in unmarked graves.

 Srinagar, Sat, 04 January 2013 : A young journalist was thrashed by police men (cops) in Hazratbal in Srinagar city. Imran Muzaffar, a reporter with  Srinagar based daily‘Greater Kashmir,’ was roughed up by cops when he requested them to stay in queue at an Automated Teller Machine outside the Kashmir University when a woman was holding transaction.

Srinagar, December 30, 2012 :,Curfew  and strict restrictions were imposed in south town of Pulwama on the third consecutive day, today,( Sunday), after more than dozen civilians were critically injured by Indian government forces on Friday during protest demonstrations against the destroying of a residential house and atrocities committed by forces on people in Chandpora(Babgam) in Pulwama during operation. “Curfew is going on in Pulwama and it is continuing, ” a police spokesman told mediamen.

Srinagar, December 26: In Srinagar, the Human Rights Commission of Kashmir has ordered the Superintendent of Police (SP) to hold inquiry into pending Gawkadal massacre and submit a report within two months. The inquiry has been ordered on a complaint filed by human rights activist, Muhammad Ahsan Untoo on May 1, 2012. On 21st of January 1990 a peaceful demonstration protesting against Chota Bazar molestation, at Gow Kadal, Srinagar was fired by  Indian troops resulting into the death of 50 persons and several others injured.

Srinagar, December 22, 2012:  The policemen arrested a   young girl during house raid from her house in southern district Islamabad (Anantnag) on charges of participation of protesting against the atrocities of Indian paramilitary forces during mass agitation in 2010 in Kashmir.
Police claimed that the girl, Zahida Akhtar, a resident of Boateng village of Khanbal in Islamabad (Anantnag) district, has participated on stone pelting and anti-India protest during the 2010 street protests, which had Kashmir on a boil for around five months. 

 سرینگر۔ دسمبر9/, 2012 کشمےر مےں1990سے عوامی تحرےک آزادی کی سے 2012 دسمبر تک انسانی حقوق کے حوالے سے نہ صرف وادی میں کام کررہی کئی انجمنوں نے اعداد وشمار پیش کئے ہیں بلکہ بین الاقوامی سطح پر ایمنسٹی انٹرنیشنل اور ہیومن رائٹس واچ نے بھی اس حوالے سے تحریری طور پر وقتاً فوقتاً کشمےر میں ہورہی انسانی حقوق کی پامالیوں کو اجاگر کیاہے۔اس متناز عہ علاقے میں کوئی بھی ادارہ اب تک گرفتاریوں،حراستی گمشدگیوں ،حراستی قتل اور دیگر واقعات کے حوالے سے مصدقہ طور پر اعداد وشمار پیش نہیں کرسکا ہے کیونکہ کسی بھی غیر سرکاری ادارے نے اس ضمن میں دستاویزتیار نہیں کئے ہیں۔غالباً پہلی بار انٹرنیشنل فورم

 Srinagar, December 11,2012: A Kashmiri youth taj, son of Mohammad Yousaf of Marrah, Surankote has been acquitted by a court after losing over 8 years in jail.
According to the police claim as they filed case, on June 7, 2004 Taj, son of Mohammad Yousaf of Marrah, Surankote along with five-six other militants barged into a house at Khaitan Draba and started indiscriminate firing on three SPOs including Mushtaq Ahmed, son of Nazir Hussain of Khaitan Draba. In the firing, Mushtaq Ahmed died while as other two SPOs managed to escape from the house.

Monday, 10 December 2012  Srinagar:  Kashmir on Monday held a protest over the human rights violations committed by men in uniform in Kashmir.. 

Srinagar, December 07:  Kashmir based tourist traders has said that 140 hotels and guest houses continue to be under the occupation of Indian forces and the leaders and activists of various political parties in Srinagar only.  They also said that the tourism department of giving bad name to Kashmir tourism by erecting hoardings across Srinagar warning the tourism tourist traders not to cheat and harass the tourists.

Srinagar, December 6, 2012:  In Sriangar, the study report has revealed that as many as 500 Indian paramilitary and police personals including the senior officials are involved in human rights abuse in Jammu and Kashmir in last more than two decades of military violence.  Two human rights groups Thursday said that 235 Indian army men, 123 paramilitary personnel, 111 policemen and 31 government sponsored gunmen were involved in 214 cases of human rights violations in Kashmir.