: Global bodies demand Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez’s release #IndiaNEWS Several global organisations have demanded the immediate release of Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram

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Global bodies demand Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez’s release #IndiaNEWS
Several global organisations have demanded the immediate release of Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez, who was arrested on Monday by the National Investigation Agency. Parvez has been booked under the Unlawful (Activities) Prevention Act in a case filed on November 6 under Sections 38 (offence relating to membership of a terrorist organisation) and 40, which covers terror funding, according to the arrest memo seen by Scroll.in.Charges under Sections 121 (waging, attempting to wage, abetting waging of war against the government), 18B (recruiting of a person for terrorist act) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code have also been invoked in the case.Parvez is a coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, a union of non-profit campaign and advocacy organisations in Srinagar, and the chairperson of Asian Federation of Involuntary Disappearances, an international human rights organisation focusing on forced disappearance in the continent.I’m hearing disturbing reports that Khurram Parvez was arrested today in Kashmir & is at risk of being charged by authorities in #India with terrorism-related crimes. He’s not a terrorist, he’s a Human Rights Defender @mujmash @RaftoFoundation @GargiRawat @NihaMasih pic.twitter.com/9dmZOrSwMY— Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs (@MaryLawlorhrds) November 22, 2021 On Wednesday, human rights organisation People’s Union for Civil Liberties called for Parvez’s release and condemned the government’s...Read more

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