South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

 Srinagar, May 06: Indian troops  in their fresh act of state terrorism, martyred  a Kashmiri youth in Islamabad district, today, in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 

 Srinagar, May 06 : Two dead bodies were recovered  in  Sopore town, in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. A man in his 40-year-old Manzoor Ahmad Dar was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Dangerpora  area of the town. The reports said that the person committed suicide due to some family problem.

 NEW DELHI ,May 6: Dalit activist and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani and nine others were charged by a magisterial court in a five-year-old case of holding an ‘Azadi march’ without permission and sentenced them to three months’ imprisonment. 

 Jammu, May 5 : Two girls were killed in rain-related incidents in Udhampure and Doda districts, in  Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 
A minor girl was injuried after she was struck by lightning in Manwal area of Udhampur district and  succumbed to her injuries in Udhampur hospital.

Srinagar, May 05 : In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, body of a missing youth was recovered under mysterious circumstances in Sopore town. Body of  one missing  Irfan Nazir Shah  was spotted by some locals  in an orchard in the town.

 WASHINGTON, DC, May 5, 2022:  The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos has joined the celebrations of Eid-ul-Fitr at the White House at the invitation of US President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden. According to Kashmir Media Service,  IAMC Executive Director, Rasheed Ahmed, was among the invitees that included Congressman Andre Carson and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and others from the Legislative and Executive branches, as well as leaders of the American Muslim community.

NEW DELHI ,May 5, 2022:  The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a government body in the United States has  said that  monitors international religious freedom, has expressed serious concern about India’s dwindling press freedom situation. USCIRF on the eve of World Press Freedom Day, has said that it stands with journalists who are facing persecution and violence on account of their religion and cited the case of incarcerated journalist Siddique Kappan.

NEW DELHI,May 5 The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was  on a three-day visit to European countries, has faced protests over the incarceration of human rights defenders and violence against minorities in India. When Indian Prime Minister was receiving guard of honors by the German National Guards in Germany, protesters shouted slogans ‘Modi Down Down’. A video surfaced on social media shows some people shouting slogans against Modi when the anthem was being played.

 Ahmadabad, May 5, 2022 : As many as 17  properties belonging to Muslims were bulldozed by Hindutva Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP government in Indian state Gujarat state.This was the second demolition drive on 28 April carried out by BJP government in less than two weeks in  Khambhat town of the state.

New Delhi ,May 5, 2022 : Over 30 women’s and other groups  have demand compensation and rehabilitation of home demolished in Jahangirpuri area of North West Delhi.  in  a strong letter, over 30 women’s organizations, other organizations and concerned citizens  have demanded to stop unlawful demolitions in Jahangirpuri area of North West Delhi and to  compensate, rehabilitate, restore livelihoods of those whose houses and shops were  illegally demolished in contravention of Supreme Court orders.