South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

 Palwal, December 17:   In India, a 27-year-old Muslim man was thrashed to death by Hindutva goons in India city Palwal district of Haryana. Rahul Khan, a resident of Rasoolpur village near Palwal town, was kidnaped by a gang of Hindu goons on the night of December 13 when he had gone away to attend a marriage, his brother-in-law Mohammad Akhram told Clarion India on the phone. 

'To be a Muslim in India is very difficult',And if you are a Muslim journalist, it seems you can't write without fear. An innocent journalist in prison, without trial?
 Sidhique Kappan, a Delhi-based Muslim journalist was arrested in Mathura under Section 17 of the black law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,
 In November last year when Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier spoke to Raihana Kappan, a month after her husband she was hopeful that he would soon get bail and come back home.
 

 Memorandum to Secretary General of United Nations,
 
António Guterres, 
 Secretary General
United Nations,
 405 East 42nd Street,
New York, NY, 10017, USA
Tel: (+ 1) (212) 963-1234      
Dated: 10 December, 2021
 
On the 74th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we the people of Jammu and Kashmir through this memorandum bring into your kind notice that India too is a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which gives fundamental rights guaranteed to the individuals. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights tirelessly affirms the fundamental equality and dignity of every man, woman and child.
 

Cuttack, India, December 09,2021: A 10-year-old minor girl from the Dalit community was raped in Uchupada village in Cuttack district of Odisha in India. The parents of the victim girl were not at home, one Basant Swain, alias Babu, of the same village asked for water. When the victim went to fetch water, Babu entered the house and raped the girl. 

 
NEW DELHI,November 27, 2021  :The  ban on Friday Namaz in the open in Gurugram continues for more than two months as Hindutva supporters on Friday disrupted Muslim congregational prayer at Sector 37 and held their own Hindu ‘prayer’ on Muslim prayer land. Muslims gathered for the Namaz but several of them were forced to vacate when Hindutva terrorist  stormed the site. 

Lucknow, November 27 , 2021: The brutal murder of four members of a Dalit family in Indian state Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj district over a land dispute sparked protests in the region with politicians making a beeline to the victims’ village and local residents alleging police negligence. The police said the four members – a 50-year-old man, his 47-year-old wife, 17-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son – were found dead on their beds inside their home in Prayagraj district on Thursday morning by relatives while their 17-year-old daughter’s body was found in the inner room on the bed. Their kin alleged that the women might have been sexually assaulted. Eight of the 11 accused named in the FIR were arrested, the police added. 

When daily incidents of hate crimes, lynchings, caste atrocities and state violations become common place, every egregious violation deserves our attention, the letter says 
NEW DELHI ,November 28 (KMS): The Human rights group Peopl’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has wrote an open letter to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his statments with regard to human rights.

Srinagar,IIOJK: , Nov 22, 2021  The authorities haves terminated four teachers from their  the services in Kashmir valley.The Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) in four separate orders said that the employees were found absent unauthorizedly and their services were removed.  These include Alka Tak (Middle School Moran Tangwari, Baramulla), Rubeena Kakroo (Middle School, Pir Mohalla, Baramulla), Waseem  Gull,  (boys high Schol Nunner, Ganderbal) and Ajay Bhat, (High School, Dalwach Islamabad).

 Mumbai, (India)November 14, 2021: Indian paramilitary and police personnle killed  26 Naxals including top Maoist leader Milind Teltumbde  in  Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra state in India.  The Naxals who are demanding justice and their rights were killed by Indian police commandos on Saturday at Korchi in Mardintola forest area of the district, located over 900 km from Mumbai, when a C-60 police commando team was conducting a search operation,a senior Indian police official said on Sunday.