‘Erasing memory is the crime’: Global activists at Bangkok event stand with Kashmiri rights defender Khurram Parvez

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‘Erasing memory is the crime’: Global activists at Bangkok event stand with Kashmiri rights defender Khurram Parvez

At the 16th International Civil Society Week (ICSW) taking place in Bangkok, where over a thousand civil society activists have gathered, the inaugural plenary session expressed solidarity with Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, who has been imprisoned since November 2021 under India’s Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) of 1967.

The show of solidarity was part of the #StandAsMyWitness campaign by ICSW, which advocates for human rights defenders across the world.

In Kashmir, “Khurram Parvez represents a generation of human rights defenders who documented what the state wanted forgotten, enforced disappearances, torture, militarisation, and unmarked graves,” read a statement by the organisers.

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