human rights violation report
25th anniversary of Gaw Kadal massacre and 25 years of widespread violence and impunity
Press Release 21st January 2015:The 25th anniversary of the Gaw Kadal massacre of around 50 civilians by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police is also the anniversary of the renewed beginning of the mass uprising of the Kashmiri right to self-determination movement. The journey of these 25 years of resistance also witnessed widespread and systematic use of violence by India. The Gaw Kadal anniversary therefore serves as an important moment to account for State violence and impunity.
CRPF trooper booked for harassing woman in Kashmir
Srinagar, May 21, 2014: An Indian paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force trooper harassed and forcing a woman to marry her daughter with him, said a complaint against him in Shopian district.
Jammu and Kashmir police have registered harassment and intimidation case against a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force trooper after a woman from India's Orissa filed a complaint against him in south Kashmiris Shopian district.
‘Militarization has destructed families in Kashmir’
Srinagar, September 24 . 2018 : Women speakers have said huge militarization has destructed families in Kashmir and entire society has moved to insecure and vulnerable situations where women get confined to their homes.
Teenage boy hit by bullet during protests in Kupwara
Srinagar, Aug 3 2018 : A teenager boy was hit by a bullet during protests in Lolab area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday.
16 years on, Sailan Poonch massacre survivors recount horror, delay in justice
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.
