By Muhammad Luqman
Two human rights activists from the Indian Held Kashmir have been awarded prestigious Rafto Prize for courageously highlighting the rights violations in Srinagar and other parts of the valley controlled by New Delhi.
Ms. Parveena Ahangarand and Mr Imroz Parvez, were given away the award at a ceremony held in Norwegian city of Bergen on Saturday.
Ms. Parveena Ahangar founded the Association which supports parents of missing and disappeared persons in the Indian occupied Kashmir. Imroz Parvez is a Kashmiri lawyer, civil rights activist, and founder of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society. The award was given in recognition of their decades-long struggle against abuses of human rights in the Indian occupied state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Conferment of the prestigious Rafto Prize to Kashmiri activistshas brought attention to the violations of human rightin the Indian occupied Kashmir.
Every year, the non-profit and non-partisan organization, Rafto Foundation for Human Rights, Norway, selects the most distinguished individuals in the fields of human rights and democracy from around the world for conferment of the prestigious Rafto Prize.
