In this essay, Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia explore the political circumstance that led to the incarceration of Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez and what that means for the state of civil rights in the country.
On 22 November, the Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Khurram Parvez, an internationally renowned and well respected Human Rights defender from Kashmir, after raiding for more than 14 hours his residency and the offices of the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition for Civil Society (JKCCS). Parvez, who received the prestigious 2006 Reebok International Human Rights Award, is one of the founding members and the program coordinator of JKCCS, a nemesis of the Indian State for their relentless work in denouncing human rights abuses in Kashmir. He is also Chairperson of Asian Federation against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) that campaigns against enforced disappearances. Parvez was charged under Section 120B (Criminal conspiracy) and 121 (Waging war against the State) of the Indian Penal Code as well as under various sections of the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA): Section 17 (Punishment for raising funds for terrorist acts); 18 (Conspiracy); 38 (Offences related to…
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