Free Khurram Demonstration, Defence of Human Right group Pakistan
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Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) legal team have recently met with Khurram Parvez at the Kot Bhalwal Jail, Jammu. Khurram is a well known Kashmiri human rights activist who was detained on the 16th September 2016 following his attempt to travel to Geneva, Switzerland where he had been invited to participate in a session of the UN Human Rights Council. He was later accused of accused of inciting stone pelting and protests.
See following link for story,
“Kashmir: JKCCS statement on unlawful arrest, detention of Khurram Parvez”
Kashmir has been in a state of unrest following the killing of Burhan Wani, commander of Hizbul Mujahideen on July 8th 2016. A struggle for independence from India and azadi (freedom) began following partition in 1947.
Khurram Parvez asked his legal representatives to share the following message:
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“Kashmir: JKCCS statement: Legal proceedings for Khurram Parvez release begin…Defender accused of inciting stone pelting and protests”
Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights/WOT and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad. She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.
