{Khurram Parvez’s arrest follows Indian officials’ move to stop him from attending UN rights council session in Geneva.}<\/p>\n
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have arrested a prominent human rights activist, a day after he was barred from travelling to Switzerland to participate in a session of the UN Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n
Khurram Parvez, the chairperson of Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances, was arrested at his home in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir state, late on Thursday, police said.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, immigration officials at New Delhi’s international airport barred Parvez from boarding a plane to Geneva even though he had a valid visa and letter of invitation from the UN body.<\/p>\n
Authorities “told [Pervez] that due to orders from the Intelligence Bureau, he cannot travel to Geneva”, Parvez Imroz, the president of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“It appears that Khurram Parvez is not being allowed to travel because he has been highlighting violations of human rights.”<\/p>\n
Parvez’s arrest comes as the divided Himalayan region is in the midst of some of most widespread anti-India protests in recent years.<\/p>\n
Thousands of people have been protesting against Indian rule in Kashmir almost daily since the killing of a young separatist commander in a gun battle with Indian soldiers on July 8.<\/p>\n
Since then, at least 82 people have been killed and more than 11,000 wounded, including more than 100 blinded by pellet injuries.<\/p>\n
Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since the two gained independence from British rule in 1947. Both claim the territory in full.<\/p>\n
Several separatist groups have for decades fought Indian soldiers – currently numbering around 500,000 deployed in the territory – demanding independence for the region or its merger with Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, have died in the fighting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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