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On the first-year anniversary of prominent Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez’s arrest and detention, four human rights organisations (Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen ParticipationFIDH (International Federation for Human Rights), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights DefendersWorld Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders) have submitted a complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
Originally published
November 2022
On the first-year anniversary of prominent Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez’s arrest and detention, four human rights organisations (Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen ParticipationFIDH (International Federation for Human Rights), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights DefendersWorld Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders) have submitted a complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
Originally published
November 2022
Amnesty International, Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, FORUM-ASIA, Front Line Defenders (FLD), Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), Minority Rights Group International, Stichting The London Story and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, call for the immediate and unconditional release of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, who was arrested one year ago on November 22, 2021 on politically motivated terrorism and other charges.
Originally published
November 2022
Amnesty International, Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, FORUM-ASIA, Front Line Defenders (FLD), Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), Minority Rights Group International, Stichting The London Story and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, call for the immediate and unconditional release of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, who was arrested one year ago on November 22, 2021 on politically motivated terrorism and other charges.
Originally published
November 2022
Human Rights as Terror: Authoritarianism as Democracy
A critical examination of state crackdowns on civil society in Kashmir and Palestine, and the role of the international community in defending against authoritarianism and promoting respect for human rights in those regions. This event is being organized in response to the recent escalated crackdowns in the subject regions, the launching of the US-led “Summit for Democracy” (December 9-10) and Human Rights Day (December 10).
Originally published
December 2021
Human Rights as Terror: Authoritarianism as Democracy
A critical examination of state crackdowns on civil society in Kashmir and Palestine, and the role of the international community in defending against authoritarianism and promoting respect for human rights in those regions. This event is being organized in response to the recent escalated crackdowns in the subject regions, the launching of the US-led “Summit for Democracy” (December 9-10) and Human Rights Day (December 10).
Originally published
December 2021
Solidarity letter urging international medical and humanitarian organizations to demand that the Indian Government address the public health crisis and related issues in Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir.
Originally published
June 2021
Solidarity letter urging international medical and humanitarian organizations to demand that the Indian Government address the public health crisis and related issues in Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir.
Originally published
June 2021
This post seeks to explain occupation, annexation & colonization under international law and as applied to Indian-occupied Kashmir.
Legal analysis provided by Kashmir Law & Justice Project (@kashmirlawjustice) - an advocacy organization led by Kashmiri diaspora lawyers.
#InternationalLaw
Originally published
March 2021
This post seeks to explain occupation, annexation & colonization under international law and as applied to Indian-occupied Kashmir.
Legal analysis provided by Kashmir Law & Justice Project (@kashmirlawjustice) - an advocacy organization led by Kashmiri diaspora lawyers.
#InternationalLaw
Originally published
March 2021