South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

New York, September 25, 2021 : At the United Nations, Pakistan has firmly rejected India’s claim that Jammu and Kashmir is its integral part.Reacting to the Indian claim, Pakistani delegate Saima Saleem said that occupied Kashmir was not a “so-called integral part of India nor is it India’s internal matter”.“India remains in occupation of an internationally recognised disputed territory whose final disposition needs to be decided in accordance with the democratic principle of a free and impartial plebiscite under UN auspices, as provided for under numerous resolutions of the Security Council,” she said.

WASHINGTON, D.C, September 23 (KMS):  The Human rights groups and interfaith leaders planned a protest to oppose the U.S. visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to Kashmir Media Service, the rally will be held on Thursday in Lafayette Park near the White House. The organizers said they want to highlight the “state-sanctioned discrimination, intimidation, persecution, physical attacks and killings of religious minorities by Hindu right-wing extremists in India.

MIRZAPUR, UP,September 23 :  The skeletons of three minor girls, who had been reported missing since the past one month, have been found in a forest in Indian state Utter Pardesh.The girls had left their home with their mother in Belahi village of the Halia area in Mirzapur district of the month a month ago and were missing since then. The mother is now absconding after the recovery of skeletons that have been sent for autopsy and forensic examination.

 New Delhi, September 23 , 2021:  In India, a group of men and women allegedly beat to death a 65-year-old  Muslim man   and two Muslim men were beaten up brutally by a Hindutva mob in in two Indian states Bihar and Utter Pardesh.A group of women fatally thrashed and killed an aged Muslimon in Madhepura distict of Bihar state.The attack is said to have been sparked after Akbar asked the women why they threw trash and bottles of liquor on him while he passes by the house to go to the mosque for prayers.

NEW DELHI , September 23 : The United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) in its annual report, has termed the arrest of Safoora Zargarand Christian James Michel   by Indian authorities as arbitrary. The report in respect to Safoora Zargar  stated, “Several human rights defenders were detained under vague and overly broad national security and anti-terrorism provisions, giving the authorities wide discretion to criminalise their peaceful activities.” 

Srinagar, Sept 22, 2021:  A youth was injured in Indian troops firing at Azad Gunj area of  Baramulla district of IIOJK on Wednesday.Reports said that youth identified as Mohsin Solih of Iqbal Colony Baramulla was injured in firing  by Indian forces. A top police official of the district told mediamen that a youth was injured in a firing incident by an Indian army party at Azad Gunj. The injured youth has been identified as Mohsin Solih, reported said.Authorities at GMC Baramulla said the youth has suffered an injury in his leg. He is stable, they said.

 Srinagar, September 22, 2021: The  Modi regime and its authorities in  Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, have sacked six more government employees for their affiliation with the ongoing freedom movement.In continuation of repressive policies against Kashmiri people, Indian authorities have sacked six more government employees on the charge of affiliation with the ongoing freedom movement.
 

Jammu, September 22 , 2021: Normal economical activities remained affected in Jammu, due to traders strike call against the proposed opening of 100 Reliance retail stores in Jammu in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir,  today.A complete shutdown is being observed in Jammu call for which was given by Chamber of Commerce and Industry and was supported by twenty-five trade and industry lobbies besides several political parties.Wearing black badges to protest ‘anti-traders’ policies, the business community assembled at various markets and Chamber house and raised slogans like ‘Jammu Ekta Zindabad’.
 

 Islamabad, 22 September 2021:Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi met with Mr. Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the sidelines of UN General Assembly in New York today. The Foreign Minister shared a Dossier containing evidence of India’s grave violations of human rights, international humanitarian law and UN Security Council resolutions in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
 

 Islamabad, September 22 , 2021 ): Foreign Office has rejected as baseless and misleading some media posts from Indian journalists attributing the cancellation of the proposed informal SAARC Ministerial meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, to Pakistan.