This is communication from the UN working group on enforced disappearances and the UN Special Rapporteurs on extrajudicial killings, promotion of freedom of speech, on the situation of human rights defenders, and the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, among other things, seeks an impartial investigation, more information and legal justification for the arrest of Khurram Parvez in November 2021. Additionally it calls the government to indicate the measures it has taken to ensure that Parvez is being treated in accordance with international human rights law, and requests that his location be disclosed to Parvez’s family and legal counsel.

Topics: arbitrary detention of human rights defender Khurram Parvez

Terms: November 2021 arbitrary detention of Khurram Parvez, Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), Asian Federation against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), violation of human rights law, National Investigation Agency (NIA), right to fair trial, violation of habeas corpus, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders