India: Khurram Parvez is a human rights defender, not a terrorist, UN tells India

SRINAGAR, 24 November 2021, (TON):  The United Nations have strongly criticised the arrest of a prominent activist in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) on terror charges, saying he is “not a terrorist”.

Khurram Parvez was arrested by India's federal National Investigation Agency (NIA), an Indian official briefed on the situation told Reuters.

He added that his residence and office were searched and a mobile phone, laptop and books seized.”

A spokesperson for the NIA confirmed Parvez's arrest on Tuesday.

Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, called Parvez's arrest "disturbing".

She said in a tweet “he's not a terrorist, he's a human rights defender.”

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