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09-17-2016, 05:00 AM
SRINAGAR: Indian police arrested on Friday a prominent Kashmiri activist, who was this week prevented from travelling to Geneva, where he had been due to brief UN officials on human rights violations in the Indian Occupied Kashmir.
Khurram Pervez was arrested late night after returning to his home in Srinagar, which has been roiled for months by violent protests over the killing of a young militant by Indian soldiers.
Police superintendent Faisal Qayyum confirmed his arrest but did **t say what the charges were. “We are looking into it. For the moment we have taken him into custody,” he said.
Pervez’s wife Samina told media that police had come to the family home late on Thursday to arrest him. He can be held for up to six months without charge under India’s Public Safety Act. Most have died in clashes between protesters and police and paramilitaries, who have fired tear gas and pellet guns at demonstrators.
Authorities this week banned prayers to mark the Eid festival at the main mosque in Srinagar. Internet and mobile networks have also been cut off in a bid to prevent a repeat of the protests. Pervez coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) was scheduled to brief a UN Human Rights Council session on the situation but immigration officials blocked him from boarding his flight at Delhi’s main airport.
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Khurram Pervez was arrested late night after returning to his home in Srinagar, which has been roiled for months by violent protests over the killing of a young militant by Indian soldiers.
Police superintendent Faisal Qayyum confirmed his arrest but did **t say what the charges were. “We are looking into it. For the moment we have taken him into custody,” he said.
Pervez’s wife Samina told media that police had come to the family home late on Thursday to arrest him. He can be held for up to six months without charge under India’s Public Safety Act. Most have died in clashes between protesters and police and paramilitaries, who have fired tear gas and pellet guns at demonstrators.
Authorities this week banned prayers to mark the Eid festival at the main mosque in Srinagar. Internet and mobile networks have also been cut off in a bid to prevent a repeat of the protests. Pervez coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) was scheduled to brief a UN Human Rights Council session on the situation but immigration officials blocked him from boarding his flight at Delhi’s main airport.
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