South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

Friday, October 16th, 2015:Two injured in police firing in Pulwama  Two persons identified as Rehti Begum and Reyaz Ahmad Teli , both residents of Arihal Pulwamasustained bullet injuries and were hospitalised, the police official said.

Srinagar, July 1, 2015 : The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday  has directed the head of Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing Khanabal twin killings case of 2010 to appear before it on August 4 along with case diaries and other reports related to the case. 

New Delhi, August 02 : Four Kashmir scholars, invited to a conference in Turkey, were denied boarding passes by the authorities concerned at the airport.
Mohammad Iqbal Rather, Showkat Dar, Mohammad Dawood Sofi, who study at Aligarh Muslim University, and Meraj-ud-din and Bilal Ahmad of Kashmir University, were scheduled to attend a nine-day summer school conference on the Concept of Social Justice in Islam at Konya in Turkey beginning Saturday, media reports said.

Families said Indian Army, its secret agencies, Special Operations Group behind killings:  The family members of victim who were killed in Sopore since May 25 have alleged that the killings were the handiwork of Indian agencies and anti movement elements.

Srinagar, May 04 : Kashmir is one of the most dangerous places of the world where people associated with the press and media are carrying out their professional duties in the most difficult situation.

Srinagar, August 04 : On the 16th anniversary of massacre of Sailan in Poonch district, the relatives of the victims decried inordinate delay in justice and vowed to continue their struggle for bringing the culprits to book.
The relatives, mostly survivors of the brutal massacre, in which 19 people including 11 children of three families were killed by four Special Police Officers (SPOs) and personnel of 9 Paratroopers of Indian Army on intervening night of August 3-4, recounted the incident with tearful eyes during a press conference in Srinagar.
 

Torture, harassment and atrocities committed by the Indian armed forces and its intelligence agencies in Kashmir are not something new to hear about. There have been thousands of such human rights and violent inhuman cases in which innocent people including women, girls, children and aged persons of Kashmir were brutally tortured, harassed , killed and handicapped by the Indian forces and police personnel. Many victims of the brutal torture and atrocities couldn’t survive and died but others who somehow managed to survive are still living with the scars in this conflict zone.

Srinagar, 1 April 2015: A police sub-inspector disgraced and raped a woman in Batalik area of Kargil district. A woman was allegedly raped by a policeman prompting her to commit suicide by setting herself on fire.
The woman, from Chulichan village of Batalik, was admitted to District Hospital, Kargil after she set herself ablaze. with severe burn injuries 
When police reached the hospital to record her statement, the woman alleged that Sub Inspector Ramzaan of Police Post Batalik raped her a few days back, the spokesman said.

Chatisinghpora Islamabad (Anantnag), Mar 20, 2015: Apparently a serene place, this village in Shangus area of South Kashmir’s Islamabad (Anantnag),  district cloaks many agonizing tales of March 20, 2000, massacre of 35 people of the minority Sikh community on the eve of then US president Bill Clinton’s visit to India.

Chatisinghpora Islamabad (Anantnag), Mar 20, 2015: Apparently a serene place, this village in Shangus area of South Kashmir’s Islamabad (Anantnag),  district cloaks many agonizing tales of March 20, 2000, massacre of 35 people of the minority Sikh community on the eve of then US president Bill Clinton’s visit to India.