Khurram, who is a programme coordinator of Jammu and Kashmri Coalition of civil society (JKCCS) and chairman Asian Federation against Involuntary Disappearance, was arrested on the intervening night of September 15 and 16.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has slapped Public Safety Act (PSA) against human rights activist Khurram Parvez five days after he was arrested by the police.
Khurram, who is a programme coordinator of Jammu and Kashmri Coalition of civil society (JKCCS) and chairman Asian Federation against Involuntary Disappearance, was arrested on the intervening night of September 15 and 16.
Local court had ordered his release from Kupwara Jail but police re-arrested him from the premises of Kupwara sub jail and shifted him to police station Kothi Bagh here. District authorities have directed the police to lodge Khurram in Kot Balwal jail, Jammu,, sources said.
"Detaining a person right after he is released, without any intention to charge him or bring him to trial, amounts to using a revolving door of persecution," said Aakar Patel, Executive Director, Amnesty International India.
Amnesty said the activist was first arrested on September 16 and placed in administrative detention in a jail in Kupwara for allegedly posing an imminent threat of 'breach of peace'.
"The detention order was based on a police report which claimed that policemen had seen Khurram on September 15 standing outside a mosque inciting people to shout slogans and march towards a government building. His wife has denied the claim, saying that they were at her parents' house in another part of the city at the time", said Amnesty spokesperson in a statement.
Amnesty said administrative detention laws such as the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act allow for people to be detained without charge or trial. "These laws have often been used to hold individuals in arbitrary detention on vague grounds for long periods of time, ignoring regular criminal justice safeguards", the spokesperson added..
A co-author of the report on unmarked nameless graves, Khurram holds Masters in Mass Communication and Journalism from University of Kashmir.
Khurram, 39, had a miraculous escape in IED blast in Kupwara during 2004 parliamentary elections. Khurram's colleague died in the incident while his leg was amputated and he is now using a prosthetic leg.
"Amnesty International India calls on authorities in Jammu and Kashmir to immediately release Khurram or charge him with a recognizable criminal offence and prosecute him in a fair trial. Pending his release, he must be protected from torture or other ill-treatment, given access to his family and lawyers, and provided adequate medical care," said the spokesperson.
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