He lost a leg to an unexplained bombing. He was previously jailed for 76 days before a court called his detention ‘illegal’. He advocates non-violence and has led efforts over two decades to document human-rights violations in one of the world’s most troubled regions. Ten days after India’s national security adviser said civil society was ‘the next frontier of war’, Kashmir civil-rights activist Khurram Parvez was arrested. ‘Waging war,’ is one of the eight charges he faces.

Srinagar: Ten days after national security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval claimed civil society could be "manipulated" and talked of it being "the next frontier of war", the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on 22 November arrested prominent Kashmiri human-rights activist Khurram Parvez from his residence in Sonwar area of Srinagar city.

One of the eight sections of two laws quoted against him: “waging war”.

The arrest of Parvez, 44, recognised for his work as programme coordinator of an advocacy called Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), evoked global criticism (here and here) and came at a time when three families claimed that their kin were allegedly used as “human shields” before being killed by security forces in the city’s Hyderpora on 15 November.

Parvez is known for his calm demeanour, advocation of non-violence and leading efforts over two decades to document human-rights violations in one of the world’s most troubled regions. “Khurram Parvez is someone who’d defend the rights of even those out to persecute him,” the award-winning writer Mirza Waheed tweeted.

A JKCCS source, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal, told Article 14 that the organisation had not been functioning since 2020 after it was raided by the NIA and had not documented new human-rights violations.

“All the people associated with the organisation including Khurram Parvez were lying low after the 2020 raids,” said the source, who said the office was locked when the NIA raid began on 22 November in the morning.

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