Srinagar, Mar 24 : The General Secretary of CPI (M), Sitaram Yechury has demanded early hearing of petition in Indian Supreme Court (SC) challenging the abrogation of Article 370 by the Modi government on August 05, 2019 of illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Abdul Hameed Mir, 45, was detained by the authorities around the same time when Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s government unilaterally announced changes in the constitutional and legal status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, effectively wiping out the semi-autonomy enjoyed by the region for generations.Picked up from his house in the Kupwara district of Kashmir, Mr Mir was then in prison for more than 18 months without charge when he lost his mother. He had moved a bail application in March to carry out the last rites. It was denied. “His mother kept waiting for nearly two years to get a single glance of her only son,” his brother-in-law, Sajjad Dar, told The Independent. “She was not granted that in life. And was denied that dignity even in death.
Srinagar, September 24 . 2018 : Women speakers have said huge militarization has destructed families in Kashmir and entire society has moved to insecure and vulnerable situations where women get confined to their homes.
Srinagar, Aug 3 2018 : A teenager boy was hit by a bullet during protests in Lolab area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday.
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.