South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

 Imphal , February 21 : The Coordination Committee (CorCom) and United People's Revolutionary Front (UPRF) have announced a total shutdown on February 22 as a mark of boycotting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the  disturbed poll bound state in Manipur . While announcing the boycott , Coordination Committee (CorCom), a conglomerate of major freedom groups in Manipur, said that the total shutdown will be effective from 1:00 am of February 22 till the Indian Prime Minister leaves the state. 

Srinagar, February 21 : Mobile internet service  continued being suspended in many areas of   Srinagar city in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. In many localities like Rainawari, Safa Kadal, Nowhatta and other area in Srinagar people are still without the mobile internet services at about 3pm in the afternoon and later the services are resumed after 9pm.More than four months have passed since mobile internet started being suspended and people  mostly business community and students facing problems. “The shutdown is mostly of Airtel and Vodafone (Vi) services. Sometimes Jio services work, but largely they remain affected,” said Ishafaq Ahmad, a resident of Rainawari in Srinagar.

 SHAHJAHANPUR UP Inida,February 21 : A case has been registered against 18 police personnel, including an SP, in  Indian state Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur for a fake encounter. In October 2004, Dhanpal and Prahlad, both residents of Chachuapur village under Jalalabad police station, were shot dead by police on allegations of being members of the gangster Saragana Naresha Dhimar’s gang.

 PATNA , India,February 21: A  head scarf/ Hijab girl  was stopped from making transactions in a nationalised bank in Indian state Bihar.When the head scarf/ Hijab girl had gone to UCO bank in Begusarai area of the state to withdraw money, bank employees reportedly asked her to remove hijab which had never happened earlier. The girl recorded the incident and shared it on social media when the girl had gone to UCO bank of Mansoor Chowk branch in Begusarai to withdraw money. 

 Srinagar, Feb 11 : I Indian authorities imposed new rule asked the resident of Srinagar to give all details of tenant verification before giving any premises or room on rent in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian police authorities in its new rule on people of Kashmir as per their statement “In view of recent spurt in incidents of theft, assault and other crimes, all those landlords in Srinagar who haven’t done tenant verification are adviced to do it before giving any premises/ room on rent,” police said in a tweet.  “Responsibility may be fixed in case of any crime following non-compliance.”

 NEW DELHI, Feb 11 : The intellectuals  has said that ban on head scrap/hijab in classrooms and campuses in south Indian state Karnataka, which is now spreading to other states, is a hate crime.Over 2000  intellectuals, who are working as lawyers, journalists, academicians, and woman-right activists through an open letter said, the ban on hijab in classrooms and campuses in south Indian state Karnataka,  is a hate crime, reported The New Indian Express. The intellectuals while expressing solidarity with the Muslim women who are protesting the ban on hijab said the restrictions on wearing head scrap/ hijab in classrooms and campuses are only the latest pretext to impose ‘apartheid’ on Muslim women.

  Srinagar, February 10:   A minor girl was killed in road accident in Pulwama district, in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. A vehicle met with an accident at Chersoo in Awantipora area in which a minor girl received critical injuries.The girl Tauba Jan  of Srinagar was shifted to a nearby hospital, however, she succumbed to her injuries.

 Islamabad, 10 February 2022 :Pakistan categorically rejects the unwarranted and preposterous comments made by the Spokesperson of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on the Pakistan-China Joint Statement of 6 February 2022.

 Hyderabad, February 10  The Students from Nizamia Unani Tibbi College and Anwarul Uloom College in Hyderabad staged a protest in solidarity with the students opposing ban on Hijab in educational institutions in southern Indian state Karnataka. The girl students holding national flag and placards, the burqa-clad protesters condemned the attempts to target girl students in the neighbouring state, staged silent protest   at the Unani medical college near historic Charminar expressed their solidarity with those in Karnataka fighting for the right to wear Hijab. 

Srinagar, February 09 :Indian police arrested over five dozen people in south and center districts of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Indian police during cordon and search operations and house raids arrested  atleast eleven youth in Bijbehara and other areas of of south Kashmir Islamabad district.