human rights defender
Khurram Parvez
© The Kashmir Wala
Khurram Parvez
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Organization affiliation
- Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS)
HRD's year of birth
1977
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- NGO member
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
HRD's geographical origin
Rural
Current Status
Released on bail
HRD's bio and work
Khurram Parvez is a prominent Kashmiri human rights defender, Program Coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), and Chairperson of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD). He is widely recognized for his decades of work documenting enforced disappearances, torture, and unmarked graves in Jammu & Kashmir. In 2023, he was awarded the prestigious Gwangju Prize for Human Rights. Since this arrest in 2021, he has been featured in the UN Secretary-General's report on reprisals.
Detained since
Nov 22, 2021
Date of release
Jul 22, 2026
Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Subversion
- Terrorism
Sentence
Khurram Parvez faces two major UAPA cases registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Delhi:
Primary Case (RC-30/2021/NIA/DLI - Terror Conspiracy):
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA): Sections 17 (raising funds for terror), 18 (conspiracy), 18B (recruiting persons for terror), 38 (association with terror organization), and 40 (raising funds for terror organization). Indian Penal Code (IPC): Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 121 (waging war against the state), and 121A (conspiracy to wage war).
Second Case (RC-37/2020/NIA/DLI - NGO Terror Funding Case):
UAPA: Sections 17, 18, 22A (offences by companies/societies), 22C, 38, 39, and 40. IPC: Section 120B.
Latitude: 28.729327182886706
Longitude: 77.14251391111462
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
Location of detention - City/Town
New Delhi
Location of detention - Facility
Rohini Jail
Recent case update / evolution
On 10 June 2026, the Delhi High Court granted bail to Khurram Pravez in relation to RC-30/2021/NIA/DLI - Terror conspiracy case.
On 18 July 2026, a District and Sessions Judge in New Delhi granted bail to Khurram Parvez in relation to RC-37/2020/NIA/DLI - NGO Terror Funding Case.
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1977
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- NGO member
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Organization affiliation
- Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS)
- HRD's Picture
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- The Kashmir Wala
- HRD's bio and work
Khurram Parvez is a prominent Kashmiri human rights defender, Program Coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), and Chairperson of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD). He is widely recognized for his decades of work documenting enforced disappearances, torture, and unmarked graves in Jammu & Kashmir. In 2023, he was awarded the prestigious Gwangju Prize for Human Rights. Since this arrest in 2021, he has been featured in the UN Secretary-General's report on reprisals.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Rural
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Location of detention - City/Town
- New Delhi
- Location of detention - Facility
- Rohini Jail
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 28.729327182886706
Longitude: 77.14251391111462
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Nov 22, 2021
- Current Status
- Released on bail
- Date of release
- Jul 22, 2026
- Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Subversion
- Terrorism
- Sentence
Khurram Parvez faces two major UAPA cases registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Delhi:
Primary Case (RC-30/2021/NIA/DLI - Terror Conspiracy):
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA): Sections 17 (raising funds for terror), 18 (conspiracy), 18B (recruiting persons for terror), 38 (association with terror organization), and 40 (raising funds for terror organization). Indian Penal Code (IPC): Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 121 (waging war against the state), and 121A (conspiracy to wage war).
Second Case (RC-37/2020/NIA/DLI - NGO Terror Funding Case):
UAPA: Sections 17, 18, 22A (offences by companies/societies), 22C, 38, 39, and 40. IPC: Section 120B.
- Recent case update / evolution
On 10 June 2026, the Delhi High Court granted bail to Khurram Pravez in relation to RC-30/2021/NIA/DLI - Terror conspiracy case.
On 18 July 2026, a District and Sessions Judge in New Delhi granted bail to Khurram Parvez in relation to RC-37/2020/NIA/DLI - NGO Terror Funding Case.
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