2 years & 5 months too long! Khurram Parvez, a globally acclaimed human rights activist & 2023 Martin Ennals Award Laureate, remains behind bars. How can we claim to be a democracy when human rights defenders are imprisoned? #FreeKhurramParvez #HumanRightsMatter
Organizations and individuals worldwide continue to support our demand to free Khurram, recognizing his vital human rights contributions not only in Kashmir but globally. #FreeKhurramParvez #HumanRights
Main reason Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions denied accreditation to NHRC for 2nd year in a row is India’s repeated refusal to comply with Paris Principles.
Telling of the state of human rights and institutions meant to protect them. #FreeKhurramParvez
📣News!
🟠 The Martin Ennals Foundation asked the Indian authorities to release the 2023 Laureate Khurram Parvez so he can receive his Award in person in #Geneva .
#FreeKhurramParvez
📄Letter: bit.ly/3WSLkTO
His courage cannot be put behind bars!
#FreeKhurramParvez
#FreeIrfanMehraj
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
Immediate release needed for Khurram Parvez & Irfan Mehraj. Stop harassment of Kashmiri HRDs. India must hold Indian forces accountable for rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir. #FreeKhurramParvez #FreeIrfanMehraj #HumanRights
The Martin Ennals Award had recognized Khurram Parvez, AFAD Chairperson and Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons founder, for his exemplary works on human rights and advocacy against enforced disappearances. #FreeKhurramParvez
🏆 MEA 2023 Khurram Parvez:
📣In 2021, Khurram was arbitrarily detained by the #Indian authorities and yet, his hearing continues to be delayed! We ask the Indian gov to #FreeKhurramParvez
👏🏼Join us at the #MartinEnnals Award Ceremony on Feb 16 bit.ly/3JXP7wj
Excerpt from Khurram's award acceptance speech in 2006 when he won the Reebok Human Rights Award.
#FreeKhurramParvez #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners #FreeIrfanMehraj #Humanrights
The USCIRF released its 2024 Annual Report, which mentions Irfan Mehraj.
'Indian authorities continued to detain and harass Kashmiri journalists, religious leaders, and human rights defenders.'
#FreeIrfanMehraj #FreeKhurramParvez
Khurram's extensive work ans commitment to values of truth and justice have earned him global recognition as a fierce and upright human rights defender.
#FreeKhurramParvez
End reprisals NOW against Human Rights Defenders!
Stop criminalising Human Rights Work!
The work of these storytellers and memory keepers must be celebrated!
#FreeKhurramParvez #FreeIrfanMehraj #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
Khurram Parvez Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs Free Khurram Campaign 2021 Article 14 AFAD The Polis Project PUCL India Detention Solidarity 🇮🇳 #India : Kashmiri HRD Khurram Parvez marks two years in pre-trial detention under politically motivated charges in India.
We call for his immediate release and the dropping of charges against him. Human rights work is not a crime. #FreeKhurramParvez
We commit every single one of these long days of injustice to memory. If this is the state of human rights defenders, what does it tell us about the state of human rights itself?
#FreeKhurramParvez #FreeIrfanMehraj #ProtectHRDs
The Indian authorities must release Khurram Parvez to receive his Award in Geneva.
It would be a sign to the world that the Indian legal system can be entrusted, & that political considerations or fear will not violate Khurram's right to defend his innocence.
#FreeKhurramParvez
