South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

Srinagar, September 7, 2013 :Panic gripped entire Lalchowk when gunshots were heard in nearby Budshah bridge. According to eye witnesses, Indian armed forces Central Reserve Police Force fired at a vehicle  near Budshah Bridge near the city centre Lal Chowk injuring three persons including traveling in it. The witnesses told Kashmir Life that the car is lying upside down at the spot and the injured identified as Muhammad Iqbal Sheikh of Machuwa Chadoora and two women have been shifted to hospital.

Srinagar, August 3, 2013 : protest and clashes erupted between people and Indian police in Palhalan area of Pattan town when at least three thousand people blocked the Srinagar Baramul

la highway road after the arrest of a shopkeeper by Indian Army and Police on Saturday.

 
Srinagar, July 22: Noted human rights defender, Khurram Parvez has said that a total of 168 inquiries ordered in the territory to probe rights violations carried out by the Indian armed forces during the past 10 years have either remained incomplete or the final reports did not lead to indictment of the guilty.

 New Delhi, July 21, 2013: Amnesty International has urged the Kashmir authorities to conduct a full, impartial and effective investigation into all instances of use of force by Indian troops and police that resulted in killing or injuring of protesters in Ramban district.

New York, July 20, 2013: The New York-based world rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged India to appoint an independent commission to promptly and transparently investigate the killing of protesters by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) troops in Ramban  in Kashmir.

Posted by Kashmir Life on July 22, 2013 :In Gulshani Banat Hostel in Budgam’s Chadoora area, around 100 orphan girls are enrolled for learning. Some of these daughters have lost their parents to ill-timed fate, but most lost to ‘conflict’ back Valley. Kashmir Life’s Photojournalist, Bilal Bahadur tells visual story of orphan daughters of vale.

Srinagar, 7 May 2013: Amid protest demonstrations, complete shutdown was observed on Tuesday in Wuyen Bala village of Pampore in South Kashmir against the establishment of another Indian Army camp in residential area.
Hundreds of people including women and students, came on roads, raised anti-Army and anti-government slogans, and demanded immediate withdrawal of Indian Army from the area.

On October 13, 1983, Mushtaq Ahmed Bhat alias Mushtaq-ul-Islam of Batamaloo, Srinagar was arrested by the police at cricket stadium in Srinagar for allegedly trying to dig the pitch during one day international match between India and West Indies.

By Martin Banks - 6th May 2013:  UK MEP Sajjad Karim has called for an investigation following the discovery of 'mass graves' in Kashmir.The centre right deputy has also condemned EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton for her "muted" response to demands that those responsible be brought to justice. His comments come with the launch of a petition to the EU designed to highlight the current situation in Kashmir, a mountainous region which has been a flashpoint between India and Pakistan for more than 60 years.