Khurram Parvez
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: India
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: November/22/2021
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Human Rights Work for Religious Communities
Nature of Charges: Criminal Premeditation & Conspiracy Illicit Financing Terrorism Treason & Sedition
Khurram Parvez
Extra Bio Info:
Khurram Parvez is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2021, authorities arrested Parvez, a Muslim human rights advocate in Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority state. Parvez was critical of the ruling Bhatiya Janata Party and its various human rights abuses, including enforced disappearances and threats to religious freedom. He was charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) reportedly on allegations of “terrorism funding, being a member of a terrorist organization, criminal conspiracy, and waging war against the state.” Human rights organizations allege Parvez’s arrest is motivated by his work documenting human rights violations committed by authorities in Kashmir, a Muslim-majority area.
Publicly Available Information:
- "India: UN expert demands immediate end to crackdown on Kashmiri human rights defenders" UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- USCIRF Annual Report 2022: India
- “Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Rupert Colville on arrest of human rights defender Khurram Parvez and recent killings in Indian Administered Kashmir” UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- “India: Kashmiri Activist Held Under Abusive Law” Human Rights Watch
- “India arrests prominent human rights activist in Kashmir amid clampdown” Washington Post
- “Khurram Parvez: Kashmiri rights activist arrested under anti-terror law” British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)