Human Rights Defenders and Journalists Continue to Suffer in Kashmir as Indian Court Extends Custody of Khurram Parvez, Irfan Mehraj

On 14th June, a Delhi Court extended illegal and arbitrary detention of human rights activist Khurram Parvez and Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj for 45 more days.

Khurram Parvez has been behind bars for over two years now, for his human-rights violations documentation work, while Irfan Mehraj was arrested by India in March this year for doing his journalistic work.