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AFAD elects incarcerated Kashmiri HR defender Khurram Parvez as chairperson for third time

Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) on Monday announced that the incarcerated Kashmir-based human rights defender Khurram Parvez has been re-elected as...

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Human Rights

Human Rights Activist Khurram Parvez shifted to Tihar Jail under 3-week judicial custody

Srinagar: Despite international human rights bodies condemning the arrest of Kashmir-based Human Right Activist, Khurram Parvez, and demanding his “immediate release”, Khurram...

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Jammu & Kashmir

Not just attack on Khurram but effort to stop voices concerning HR violations from JK: Indian rights body

New Delhi: People’s Union for Civil Liberties, an Indian rights body, has called for the immediate release of Kashmiri human rights defender...

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Conflict

Hydepora civilian killings: Kashmir shuts down on Hurriyat’s call

Srinagar: A complete shutdown is being observed in Kashmir on Friday to protest the killing of civilians during an alleged military operation...

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Conflict

Hyderpora civilian killings: Open to correction if anything has gone wrong, says police

Srinagar: On a day the J&K Lt. Governor ordered a magisterial probe into the Hyderpora military operation in which four persons were...

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Human Rights

From writing stories to narrating her sorrow—Kashmiri journalist’s justice campaign

“Every day I go home, my cousins run to me and ask: ‘Have police given you Baba’s body?’ I’ve no answer to...

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Human Rights

‘Today this happened with us, tomorrow it may happen with you’: Families of killed civilians ask politicians to move beyond tweets

Srinagar: The family members of Altaf Ahmed Bhat, the building owner who was killed during a military operation by forces in Hyderpora...

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Human Rights

‘Why are they killing innocent people? At least give us his body’: Kashmir families seek justice

Srinagar: The family of Mohammad Altaf Bhat who was killed in an military operation in Hyderpora area of Srinagar on late Monday...

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Conflict

Family members of slain Altaf, Mudasir killed in Hyderpora demand bodies for proper burial

Srinagar: Family members of two slain in Hyderpora military operation, building owner Altaf Ahmed and Mudasir Gul, Tuesday urged the Lieutenant Governor...