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Srinagar, June 23, 2012: Family members of the youth arrested by the police in south Kashmir Islamabad (Anantnag) town staged a sit-in outside the police station on Saturday.  Policemen have detained at least 11 persons including four minors in sourtthern town Islamabad (Anantnag) on June 19.

Srinagar, June 23, 2012: Despite clear orders from Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Indian paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is adamant on not vacating the Centaur Lakeview Hotel in Srinagar which they have been occupying for years, despite the police already having identified an alternative accommodation for them.

MHA has asked the Indian police and military agencies to vacate hotels and guesthouses in Srinagar in view of heavy tourist rush and dearth of accommodation for them.

Srinagar, June 23, 2012: A throat-slit body was recovered on Srinagar-Jammu highway at Lower Munda Qazigund in Kulgam district.

Body of Abdul Khaliq Teli age 50 years son of Ghulam Ahmad resident of Batgund Mawar was fished out from Handwara Dahgam, Khul near Shatigund, Handwara.  Another dead body identified as Mushtaq Ahmad Wani age 38 years son of Abdul Ahad resident of Dolipora Pulwama was found lying on the Bank of Nallah New Colony,

Srinagar, June 23, 2012: The Indian Army have revealed that its 24 personnel were terminated from the service for committing human rights violations in Kashmir during the past 18 years.

In response to a right to information (RTI) query filed by Khurram Parvez, the Programme Coordinator of Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, the Indian Army disclosed that 24 troopers were dismissed from service in Kashmir rsince 1994 for committing crimes like rape, molestation and deaths. However, the Army refused to reveal the names of the troops dismissed from the service.

Srinagar, June 21, 2012:  Partial information gathered from  seven districts of Kashmir including three newly carved out districts reveals that 3400 persons were booked under the draconian law, Public Safety Act (PSA) during the past two decades. 

The information was furnished by the authorities in response to an application filed under Right to Information Act by human rights activist, Khurram Parvez of Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, who says the actual number booked under the PSA exceeds 20000.

Srinagar, June 3, 2012:  Four Indian troopers of 25 Rashtriya Rifles barged into the house of one villager and started clicking photographs of women and girls present inside the house. They also misbehaved, abused and attempted to disgrace them in Panchayat Dungan (Barashari) of tehsil Mandi in Pooch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The names of the victims were Shahnaz Akhter, Zaitoon Beguim and Parveen Akhter.

Report:Kashmir Centre European Union (KCEU) in association with International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM) hosted an Interactive Dialogue and Roundtable at the UN Office (Palais des Nations) in Geneva on 6th March. The participants of the event entitled 'Arbitrary Detention & Democracies' discussed practices of arbitrary detention in conflict where it leads to torture, execution and other human rights abuses.

Report: UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns has called for repeal of all draconian laws including Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Disturbed Areas Act (DAA) and Public Safety Act (PSA) from occupied Kashmir.
Releasing an interim report of his 12-day visit to India and occupied Kashmir, the UN Special Rapporteur told reporters in New Delhi on March 30, “AFSPA allows the state to override rights. Such a law has no role in a democracy and should be scrapped.”

India must deliver on its repeated commitments to the Human Rights Council
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT
AI Index: ASA 20/023/2012
1 June 2012
Document - India must deliver on its repeated commitments to the Human Rights Council
On 24 May 2012, India’s human rights record came under renewed international scrutiny during
its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council.1 Amnesty
International welcomes the recommendations made to India by the reviewing states, many of
which reflect concerns raised previously by the organization.2

Srinagar, May 14,2012: At least 12 policemen came to the ground in University camps in Srinagar and started beating up the players. The students of Kashmir University staged a protest against the Indian police for roughing up cricket players and conducting aerial firing in the camps, today.