South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

 Srinagar, Feb 01 : Shopkeepers observed a shutdown amid protest against the lack of parking space for the traders and shoppers as well  in the Polo-View part of Srinagar city, in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The protesting shopkeepers downed their shutters and blocked the traffic in the area.

 NEW DELHI,Feb 1,2022: More than a month after Hindutva figures had created furor in India and abroad by openly calling for genocide of Muslims at an infamous hate assembly in Haridwar. Equally abhorrent calls for violence echoed from another similar event held in Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad) in Uttar Pradesh state.

NEW DELHI, Feb 01:  Hours after Modi government banned Malayalam news channel MediaOne TV in Kerala Indian southern state, a single-judge bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday stayed the order of the Information & Broadcasting Ministry for two days. MediaOne is owned by Madhyamam Broadcasting Ltd, many of whose investors are members of the Kerala Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.

Srinagar, Jan 30, 2022: Indian troops  including Indian Army 55 Rashtriya Rifles and 182 Central Reserve Police Force and SOG  during  Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) martyred four youth  Zahid Manzoor Wani ( BSC  from Pulwama Government Degree college), house owner’s son Inayat Ahmed, and Kafeel Ahmad in Mir Mohalla Naira village of Pulwama district while another youth Bilal Ahmad Khan was martyred by indian army 33 Rashtriya Rifles  in a fake encounter in Chrar-i-Sharief area of Budgam district in IIOJK.

 KOLAR, KARNATAKA, India, Jan 30 : The Education Department in south Indian state Karnataka suspended a teacher on charges of letting students perform namaz (prayer) inside the school premises in Kolar district of Karnatka  south Indian sate.  S.M. Umadevi, in-charge head mistress of the Balechengappa Kannada Model Higher Primary School in Someshwarapalya, was suspended allegedly due to pressure from Hinudtva RSS-VHP,Banjrang Dal and BJP groups for permitting Muslim students to offer prayers within school premises.

Patna, Bihar India, January30 :The Authorities have reinstated a muslim school teacher who was suspended on 8 August 2021 after he was seen selling sacks in a sarcastic manner, in a video clip that had gone viral on social media in Bihar state of India. s Katihar. The teacher identified as Muhammad Tamizuddin, was seen selling sacks and taking a jibe at the state administration. He said he had decided to sell sacks as Satish Chandra Jha, director of the Mid Day Meal initiative, had issued an order directing administrators of government-run schools to sell the empty sacks, in which rice was made available under the Mid Day Meal scheme, for Rs. 10 per piece and deposit the money to the concerned [local] office.

 NEW DELHI, January 28, 2022:In a shocking incident, a woman was gang raped  and allegedly attacked by a group of people, including women, who chopped off her hair, tore her clothes, blackened her face, and then paraded her in Indian capital city New Delhi. The  sexually assault on woman incident took place in the Shahdara area of the city.  

Srinagar, January 27 :“The Press Club was like a home for us and we feel we have been expelled from it,” said a young female freelancer who is about to quit their profession in Kashmir valley after Indian authorities take over the only press club building. First-person account of two young female freelancers  Kounsar Bashir & Mubashir Naik who decided to quit the profession after authorities laid siege to the Kashmir Press Club in Srinagar, in IIOJK. On 15 January, like most of the days, after having my breakfast, I went out for a shoot and post completion of my work, I, along with my colleague, went to Press Club Srinagar (as we don’t have any office). The Kashmir Press Club (KPC) was the only place where we would go after doing our fieldwork to discuss it with our seniors, said a Kashmiri jounalist.

 NEW DELHI ,January 27: The Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) has said that  India is witnessed severe rights abusesa against minorities induced by systematic hatered in India. The press conference was organised by Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR), a human rights group that monitors and documents violence against religious minorities  was attended by Religious leaders from Muslim, Christian and Buddhist communities and other social activists at Pink City School of Jaipur city in Indian state Rajistan. 

 Srinagar, January 27 : The families of the victims of Kupwara massacre continue to await justice even after the passing of twenty seven years in IIOJK.