South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

Srinagar, August 04 : On the 16th anniversary of massacre of Sailan in Poonch district, the relatives of the victims decried inordinate delay in justice and vowed to continue their struggle for bringing the culprits to book.
The relatives, mostly survivors of the brutal massacre, in which 19 people including 11 children of three families were killed by four Special Police Officers (SPOs) and personnel of 9 Paratroopers of Indian Army on intervening night of August 3-4, recounted the incident with tearful eyes during a press conference in Srinagar.
 

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, April 23, 2012: The global human rights group, Amnesty International team, which has just finished their 10-day visit to Kashmir, will visit again to Kashmir in near future. 

Srinagar, May 29, 2011 :  Well-known  Indian human rights activist Gautam Navlakha was detained at Srinagar International Airport on his arrival there on Saturday May 29. He was not allowed to enter the city, and was served an order under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Core (CRPC). Navlakha, who’s a frequent visitor to Kashmir but was there this time on a personal visit along with a friend, was asked to return to Delhi. Since return flights had already departed for the day, Navlakha was detained at the airport. He is to return on May 29.

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Document - India: Need for urgent action as police report confirms existence of unmarked graves of disappeared persons in Jammu and Kashmir
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL  PUBLIC STATEMENT:  22 August 2011:  Index: ASA 20/043/2011
India: Need for urgent action as p olice report confirms existence of unmarked graves of disappeared persons in Jammu and Kashmir

Sopore,  July 24, 2011 : A civilian was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Sopore.  Unidentified gunmen appeared in Kralteng areas of Sopore around 9 pm and opened at least five rounds from point blank range on a man identified as Mohsin Ahmad Wani, 35, son of Manzoor Wani of Jalalabad, Sopore. He was shot in the head, abdomen and shoulder by the assailants suffered serious injuries in the attack. He was rushed to the nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. The slain is said to be a shopkeeper. After the attack, the gunmen fled from the spot.

Srinagar, July 25,2011: An Indian Army trooper who attempted to molest a girl student in Hyderbeg in Patan area of Baramulla district this morning has been held for questioning, sources told Kashmir Dispatch. 

Eyewitnesses said a girl student of Yatipora village of Pattan in Baramulla district was on way to her school when an Army man intercepted her near Hyderbeg and tried to molest her. The girl, eyewitnesses said raised an alarm before escaping from the clutches of the trooper.

Srinagar, July 10, 2011: Two teenage boys were killed and two others including a minor girl were injured seriously when a shell that was collected from the gun-battle site in south Kashmir's Pulwama exploded inside their house. The deceased have been identified as Obaid Yusuf Lone, 13 and Adil Ahamd Teli, 17, both hailing from Hajan village in Rajpora where a fierce gun-battle had raged between government forces and militants of Friday evening. Sources said the boys had found the live shell near the gun-battle site in the afternoon and had brought it home.

Srinagar, July 9 2011: A non-governmental organization, Youth Empowerment Services of Kashmir (YES-Kashmir), has demanded the reinvestigation of a decade-old encounter in Islamabad district in which three civilians were killed by Indian troops. Stating that the fake encounters were becoming a trend in Kashmir, Youth Empowerment Services of Kashmir (YES-Kashmir), a non-governmental organization today demanded the reinvestigation of a decade-old encounter in south Kashmir’s Islamabad district in which three civilians were killed.

Srinagar, June 20, 2011: In Srinagar, the Human Rights Commission has asked police to submit the investigation report about the killing of a 70-year-old beggar, Habib Ullah Khan, of Diver Vilgam, Lolab who was shot dead by Indian army personnel in a fake encounter in Kupwara on April 14, 2010.

Quoting police and CID reports, Rights Commission member, Javaid Kawoosa in his judgment has held that 70-year-old beggar hailing from Vilgam, Lolab in Kupwara district was killed by Indian army men on April 14, 2010 and later labeled as a foreign militant.