Khurram Parvez

Khurram Parvez
Born1977
Srinagar, Kashmir, India
Occupation(s)Chairperson, Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)
Known forReebok Human Rights Award
SpouseSameena Khurram
Children1
AwardsMartin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (2023)

Khurram Parvez is a Kashmiri human rights activist.[1][2] He is the chairperson of Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)[3] and the program coordinator of Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society.[4][5] Khurram is a recipient of the 2006 Reebok Human Rights Award.[6][7] Parvez was included in Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in 2022.[8]

  1. ^ Chatterji, Angana P. "The Militarized Zone", in Ali, Tariq; Bhat, Hilal; Chatterji, Angana P.; Khatun, Habbah; Misra, Pankaj; Roy, Arundhati (24 October 2011). Kashmir: The Case for Freedom. Verso Books. p. 123. ISBN 9781844677351.
  2. ^ Quraishi, Humra (2004). Kashmir, the Untold Story. Penguin Books India. p. 156. ISBN 9780143030874.
  3. ^ Secretariat, AFAD. "Stop Harassment Of Human Rights Defenders In Kashmir!". www.afad-online.org. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference thewire was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Rights activist Khurram Pervez detained". Kashmir Monitor. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  6. ^ Mozumder, Suman Guha (9 May 2006). "J&K activist gets Reebok Human Rights Award". Rediff News. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Award to Khurram vindicates fight for human rights: Imroz". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Khurram Parvez 'modern-day David': Time 100 most influential list". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 14 June 2022.