South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

New Delhi, Jan 2, 2012: The Human Rights Commission  of India has  asked Indian Home Secretary and the Defence Secretary to probe all aspects of unmarked graves in three districts of north Kashmir.

The Human Rights Commission was moved by rights activist Radhakanta Tripathy saying that cold blooded murders were not reported by the authorities and that the family members were totally kept in dark over this.

Srinagar, December 31, 2011: Body of Mohammad Ishaq Wani son of Mohammad Yousuf resident of Nillow, Kulgam was recovered from village Pumbay, falling under the jurisdiction of Police Station Damhal Hanjipora, Kulgam in suspicious circumstance, said a police spokesman.
The body of the deceased was handed over to legal heirs for last rites. Police has registered a case and has taken up investigations, the spokesman added. The youth is reportedly to be missing.

Srinagar, December 27, 2011:  A victim family has approached to the High Court for compensation and registration of an FIR against the Indian troopers who killed the father of two sons in Pampore area.

Srinagar, December 27, 2011: The residents of Tukri Batanoor in Tral area of Pulwama district staged a protest demonstration against the beating of half a dozen youth by the personnel of Special Operations Group during a crackdown operation.

According to reports, the SOG personnel cordoned off the village on December 26 night and arrested half a dozen youth during house-to-house searches. The forces beat the youth to the pulp and released them half dead following strong protests by villagers. The injured youth were shifted to hospital for treatment.

Srinagar, December 27: The year 2011 has been of repeated grief and an endless battle for 40-year-old Tabasum, as her son, Murtaza Manzoor of Maharaj Gunj Srinagar, has been detained under the draconian law, Public Safety Act (PSA) for the third time this year.

London, December 24, 2011: Prominent human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has sought urgent action to seek release of 18-year old Kashmiri, Murtaza Manzoor, who has been detained for the third time this year under draconian law, Public Safety Act calling for his immediate release.

Srinagar, December 21, 2011: A Kashmiri student, arrested by Indian police upon his arrival at Delhi airport from Srinagar on September 12, 2006, is languishing in Tehar jail of India for the last over five years. Sanaullah Radu, father of 35-year-old Pervez Ahmad, with tear in his eyes, told media in Srinagar that his son did M.Sc in Zoology from the University of Pune in 2006. Sanaullha Radu said that on September 12, 2006, Pervez boarded a ticket and left Srinagar for New Delhi to carry out research work at the same university.

Srinagar, December 19, 2011 :   Alteast 900 Kashmiri people who were injured  in 2010 mass agitation by the paramilitary forces and police men were treated only in district hospitals Srinagar, the authorities has said in reply to a RTI petition filed in this regard.

Srinagar, December 05, 2011: Hundreds of people in Handwara protested against the Indian troops for beating the civilians at Satkozi village. The residents of Handwara said that the troops entered the houses and started beating the inmates indiscriminately without any reason.

They demanded revocation of the draconian law, Armed Forces Special Powers Act and other such laws granting immunity to troops.

New Delhi, December 08: In New Delhi, human rights campaigners have submitted a report on India's bleak human rights record of arbitrary arrests and extra-judicial killings to the United Nations. The report has been compiled by a national coalition of human rights organisations and independent experts.