United Nations: India must immediately end its crackdown against Kashmiri human rights defenders, a UN expert said, after renowned Kashmiri rights defender Khurram Parvez was arrested in a second case on terrorism charges. “Indian authorities appear to be intensifying the long-standing repression of Kashmiri civil society,”
Geneva: The arrest of Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez had a chilling effect on civil society, rights activists and journalists in the region, UN experts warned, reiterating their call for his immediate release by the Indian government.
Srinagar: Renowned Kashmiri journalist, Burhan Butt has won the Rory Peck Award 2022 in News Award Category.
New Delhi: Renowned independent Kashmiri journalist Aakash Hassan, who writes on human rights, digital technologies and South Asian politics for several Indian and foreign publications, was barred by the immigration authorities at Delhi airport from leaving for Sri Lanka. It is pertinent to menion here that
New Delhi: Indian authorities have blocked a Pulitzer prize-winning Kashmiri photojournalist from taking a flight to Paris where she was to take part in a book launch and photography exhibition displaying her photos from Kashmir. Sanna Irshad Mattoo, who works with Reuters as a multimedia journalist