Archive · 1 Dec 2025
India's UN Role Questioned Amid Human Rights Concerns
Khurram Parvez is a human rights defender from Kashmir who has been in jail for four years without a trial.
He was arrested for documenting human rights abuses in Kashmir, which the Indian government sees as a crime.
The Indian government says it is committed to human rights, but Parvez's case shows that this is not true.
The United Nations has said that Parvez's detention is unfair and he should be released.
The Indian government has not listened to the UN.
Parvez's case shows that India is not a country that respects human rights, even though it has been elected to the UN Human Rights Council.
India was elected to the UN Human Rights Council in October 2025, claiming commitment to human rights.
Khurram Parvez, a human rights defender from Kashmir, has been detained without trial since November 22, 2025, under the UAPA.
Parvez's organization, JKCCS, has documented human rights abuses in Kashmir for two decades.
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that Parvez's detention was arbitrary and called for his immediate release.
Parvez's case highlights the misuse of counter-terrorism laws in India to silence human rights defenders.
- Who
- Khurram Parvez, a human rights defender from Kashmir, and the Indian government
- What
- Parvez's detention under the UAPA and India's election to the UN Human Rights Council
- When
- Parvez was detained on November 22, 2025, and India was elected to the UNHRC in October 2025
- Where
- Parvez is detained in Delhi's Rohini jail, while his family is in Kashmir
- Why
- Parvez's work documenting human rights abuses in Kashmir made him a target of the Indian government
- Khurram Parvez
- Human rights defender detained since November 22, 2025
- UAPA
- Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, used to detain Parvez
- JKCCS
- Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, Parvez's organization
- UNHRC
- United Nations Human Rights Council, India elected in October 2025
- UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Concluded Parvez's detention was arbitrary in June 2023