South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

NEW YORK, Apr 23, 2020 :The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Indian authorities  to drop police investigation against Kashmiri journalists including, Gowhar Geelani. CPJ, a New York-based watchdog body in a statement while, reiterating its call to stop harassing Kashmiri journalists and allow them to report freely. 
Since April 19, police have also opened investigations into the work of freelance photojournalist Masrat Zahra and The Hindu reporter, Peerzada Ashiq.

 
 اپریل23کے اپریل سرینگر/ بھارت میں ہماچل پردیش کے ہماچل پردیش کے ضلع ہر نارا کلڈم میں میں پھر ایک بار ہندو انتہا پسند وں نے 18کشمیری مزدوروں کی شدیدمارپیٹ کی ہے جس کے نتیجے میں وہا ں کشمیری طلبا ء ، کاروباری اور مزور طبقہ کو سخت خوف و دہشت میں مبتلا ہوئے ہیں 
 ہندو انتہا پسند وں گروہ کی ایک جماعت نے پھر ایک بار ہماچل پردیش کے ضلع ہر نارا کلڈم میں 18درماندہ کشمیریوں کی شدید مارپیٹ کی ہے جس دوران2افرد شدیدطور زخمی ہوئے ہیں

Srinagar, April 23 : In occupied Kashmir, the noted Kashmiri journalism and political commentator Gowhar Geelani has said that all the charges made against him by authorities are concocted and baseless but he will continue his job with sound professional judgment.

Srinagar April 20,2020: The police has booked a 26-year-old  female Kashmiri photo journalist for uploading anti-India posts on social media.The police have reportedly booked a noted female photojournalist Masrat Zahra,  whose work has been published by reputed news organisations as a freelance photojournalist under unlawful activities (Prevention) Act for uploading anti-India posts . 
“Yes, she has been booked for her Facebook posts that glorify militants. Her posts post threat to law and order and spread misinformation,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Cyber Cell Kashmir, Tahir Ashraf told media men in Srinagar.Police sources said that a case under FIR under UAPA act and 505-IPC stands registered with the Cyber Cell of police, Kashmir. Under IPC 505, a person can be booked for two years of rigorous imprisonment.

March 19, 2020 :  The authorities has imposed strict restrictions across the Srinagar district tomorrow (Friday).The District Magistrate, Srinagar in an order says, no public movement or activity will be allowed anywhere in the district. Only government officials with valid IDs will be allowed to move.Concerned agencies have been directed to ensure strict enforcement of restrictions across the district.Strict action will be taken against violators of the order. Government officials have been asked to ensure no one is found ferried in their vehicles.

 New Delhi, March 19 , 2020: The Amnesty International has said that India must restore full access to internet services in occupied Kashmir and ensure that people have full access to health and safety-related information in the wake of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Srinagar, March 19, 2020: Press freedom in Indian occupied Kashmir is “under a serious threat from security forces”, the International Press Institute (IPI) has said in a report.Raising concerns about the conditions of journalists in the disputed Muslim-majority region, the global media watchdog urged India’s Hindu nationalist government to end restrictions and harassment of journalists placed following revocation of the region’s special status last August.“Journalism in Jammu and Kashmir is under a dramatic state of repression,” Ravi R Prasad, director of advocacy at the Vienna-based IPI, said in a statement.“The state is using a mix of harassment, intimidation, surveillance and online information control to silence critical voices and force journalists to resort to self-censorship.”

 
Srinagar, March 19 , 2020): The High Court Bar Association (HCBA) in Srinagar has expressed concern over the deteriorating health of its President, Mian Abdul Qayoom Advocate, who is under illegal detention and in Tihar Jail, New Delhi.
The HCBA in a statement aid as per the media reports, New Delhi, the capital of India, mostly remains overcrowded with the people, as such is more vulnerable to the pandemic Coronavirus (COVID-19). 

Srinagar, March 19, 2020: The illegally detained Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Muhammad Yasin Malik has announced to go on ‘a fast until death’ from 1st April 2020 against the authoritarian attitude of India. Muhammad Yasin Malik in a statement released by his family in Srinagar, today, said that the Indian government had made a pledge with him that he would be provided with a genuine political space and efforts would be made for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute through a meaningful dialogue process. However, he added that India had reneged from this pledge. Muhammad Yasin Malik pointed out that besides Indian officials, many international diplomats were also on board for pursuing the idea behind the pledge.

 سری نگر  (ساوتھ ایشین وائر) جموں و کشمیر یوتھ سوشل فورم کے جنرل سکریٹری  ایڈووکیٹ۔ آصف احمد بابا نے جے کے ایل ایف کے نظربند سربراہ محمد یاسین ملک کے خلاف بھارتی حکام کے غیر انسانی سلوک کی شدید مذمت کی ہے ، جو تہاڑ جیل میں بند ہیں۔اپنے بیان میں ، انہوں نے کہا کہ جے کے ایل ایف کے سربراہ یاسین ملک 4 مارچ سے این آئی اے کی تحویل ، عدالتی تعصب اور کشمیریوں پر ریاستی دہشت گردی کے خلاف بھوک ہڑتال پر ہیں۔ساوتھ ایشین وائر کے مطابق پارٹی کے جنرل سکریٹری نے انسانی حقوق کی بین الاقوامی تنظیموں سے فوری طور پر مداخلت کرنے اور یسین ملک کی زندگی کو بچانے کی اپیل کی جو پہلے ہی متعدد بیماریوں میں مبتلا ہیں