(Source: Facebook/Khurram Parvez)The J&K Police have arrested a well-known Kashmiri human rights defender from his home in Srinagar late this evening. According to Pervez’s family members, he had returned home from Delhi this morning. Pervez’s family members said that the police didn’t give any reasons for the arrest. A statement issued by the JKCCS said that Pervez “is not being allowed to travel because he has been highlighting violations of human rights. Preventing him from travelling is an attempt to criminalize the human rights campaign and documentation work which JKCCS has been involved in for the last several years”.

Source: Indian Express September 15, 2016 20:45 UTC