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Jailed Kashmiri Human Rights Activist Khurram Wins Martin Ennals Award

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Srinagar: Jailed Kashmiri Human rights activist Khurram Parvez has won the Martin Ennals Award, one of the world’s most prestigious human rights award for his ‘courage,’ determination to bring the voice of the voiceless to the international arena along with other two winners namely Delphine Djiraibe from Chad and Feliciano Reyna from Venezuela.

“The common denominator between the 2023 laureates … is their courage, passion, and determination to bring the voice of the voiceless to the international arena, despite the ongoing, sometimes life-threatening, challenges they endure,” prize jury chairman Hans Thoolen said in a statement on Thursday.

“We are particularly proud to honour these three exceptional laureates who have each dedicated over 30 years of their lives to building movements which brought about justice for victims or delivered medicines to the marginalised,” he said.

“They have made human rights real for thousands of people in their communities.” The award ceremony will take place in Geneva on February 16, the organisers said.

As per reports, the award ceremony will take place in Geneva on February 16.

Parvez, the founder of the widely respected Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, likely will not be able to attend the ceremony as he is booked under a stringent “terrorism” law by Indian authorities since November 2021.

Two days before his arrest, the Indian immigration authorities had refused to let Parvez board a flight to Geneva, where he was scheduled to address the United Nations Human Rights Council about India’s human-rights record.