Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez and journalist Irfan Mehraj freed on bail
Summary
Two Kashmiri men, human rights activist Khurram Parvez and journalist Irfan Mehraj, were released on bail after years in an Indian jail on terrorism-related charges. They remain under tight court restrictions while India’s National Investigation Agency tries to overturn their bail.Key Facts
- Khurram Parvez and Irfan Mehraj were arrested on charges of funding terrorism and promoting separatism in Kashmir.
- Parvez was arrested in 2021 and Mehraj in 2023 by India’s National Investigation Agency.
- Both deny the charges; their group documents rights abuses in Indian-administered Kashmir.
- They were granted bail by a lower court but the agency appealed to the Delhi High Court.
- The High Court allowed their release but imposed strict limits on their movements, including a ban on travel to Kashmir.
- Indian-administered Kashmir’s partial autonomy was revoked in 2019, leading to increased arrests and crackdowns.
- Over 3,600 people were arrested under anti-terror laws in Kashmir from 2019 to 2023, with more than half still imprisoned.
- The Kashmir conflict involves India and Pakistan both claiming the region, with a long history of violence and demands for independence or merger with Pakistan.
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