Thursday, May 2, 2024

Topic: Khurram Parvez

Jailed Kashmiri rights defender Khurram Parvez named in Time’s list of 100 Most Influential People

The well-known human rights defender in Kashmir Valley, Khurram Parvez, who has been imprisoned by the authorities under draconian laws, has been named by the Time Magazine in its list of "100 Most Influential People of 2022."

Release Khurram Parvez: UN’s second appeal to India in three weeks

The United Nations on Wednesday said that the Narendra Modi government was targeting Kashmir's prominent human rights defender Khurram Parvez for speaking about rights violations.

He should be allowed to work when you say it’s a democracy: Khurram Parvez’s wife

Sameena Mir sits composed at her home in Srinagar, now empty and taken over by a deafening silence. Last week, her husband, Khurram Parvez, the region’s most prominent human rights defender, was arrested by India’s premier investigation agency under a stringent anti-terror law.

United Nations, global rights groups concerned over Khurram Parvez’s arrest

United Nations, global rights watchdogs, and human rights defenders said they were disturbed by the reports of the arrest of Kashmir's one of the most prominent activists Khurram Parvez by India's National Investigation Agency (NIA).

Kashmir: NIA arrests Human rights defender Khurram Parvez under UAPA

Khurram Parvez, a prominent human rights defender in the Valley and the coordinator of the civil-society group Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society has been arrested by National Investigation Agency, journalists in Kashmir informed via Twitter.