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उमर ख़ालिद: 1000 दिन बिना बेल, बिना ट्रायल | 1000 days of Umar Khalid's incarceration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvCCrP1Mrms  Ravish at the press club.. besides there are other like Umar Khalis, Shoma Sen,

Lest We Forget: Umar Khalid Spends 1000 Days In Jail https://www.outlookindia.com/national/lest-we-forget-umar-khalid-spends-1000-days-in-jail-news-293212 As the former JNU scholar completes his 1,000 days in prison, the question of delayed justice comes back to the fore again.

उमर ख़ालिद को जेल में करीब तीन साल होने जा रहे हैं। एक हज़ार दिन हो गए लेकिन इस केस की ट्रायल भी शुरू नहीं हुई है और न उमर को ज़मानत मिली है। दिल्ली के प्रेस क्लब में उमर ख़ालिद के समर्थन में एक सभा हुई, जिसमें कई वक्ताओं ने हिस्सा लिया। राजद सांसद मनोज झा ने भी बोला। गुरमेहर कौर भी थी। प्रभात पटनायक और उमर के पिता S Q R इलियासी ने भी बोला। ट्वीटर पर भी कई लोगों ने उमर खालिद को लेकर यह सवाल उठाया कि एक हज़ार दिन से जेल में हैं, उन्हें ज़मानत नहीं मिली है। यह न्यायपालिका के लिए अच्छी बात नहीं है। प्

‘Baseless, unfounded’: India on UN body statement on Khurram Parvez’s arrest https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-united-nations-rights-body-khurram-parvez-arrest-7652198/  
🔴 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights had also expressed concern over “crackdown on civil society actors”, use of “sweeping counter-terrorism measures”, and killings of civilians.

the Indian government on Thursday called the statement “baseless and unfounded” and said that the “arrest and subsequent detention” was done “entirely as per provisions of law”. “It also betrays a complete lack of understanding on the part of the OHCHR of the security challenges faced by India from cross-border terrorism and its impact on the most fundamental human right ‘the Right to Life’ of our citizens including in Jammu and Kashmir.”    

Bagchi, while replying to queries regarding the statement, said, “Referring to proscribed terrorist organisations as ‘armed groups’ demonstrates a clear bias on the part of OHCHR. As a democratic country, with an abiding commitment to promote and protect the human rights of its citizens, India takes all necessary steps to counter cross border terrorism.”

OHCHR, on Wednesday, had expressed concern over the detention and urged the government to “fully safeguard” his rights. The OHCHR had also expressed concern over “crackdown on civil society actors”, use of “sweeping counter-terrorism measures”, and killings of civilians.

“We are deeply concerned at the arrest of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez under Indian counter-terrorism legislation, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA),” OHCHR spokesperson Rupert Colville had said in a statement. 

OHCHR, on Wednesday, had expressed concern over the detention and urged the government to “fully safeguard” his rights. The OHCHR had also expressed concern over “crackdown on civil society actors”, use of “sweeping counter-terrorism measures”, and killings of civilians.

“We are deeply concerned at the arrest of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez under Indian counter-terrorism legislation, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA),” OHCHR spokesperson Rupert Colville had said in a statement.