A Public Call to End Khurram Parvez' Arbitrary Detention

(18 June 2026) On his 49th birthday, his fifth while arbitrarily detained, we, the undersigned organisations and individuals, stand in solidarity with human rights defender Khurram Parvez. We demand that the Indian authorities drop all charges against him, release him immediately and unconditionally, and cease their campaign of judicial harassment.

We have followed with concern Khurram Parvez's detention on baseless charges since November 2021, and his continued detention without trial in Delhi's Rohini Jail. Tomorrow, on his birthday, he will have spent 1,670 days in prison.

We remind the Indian authorities that three years ago, in June 2023, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) determined that Khurram Parvez's detention was arbitrary and called on the Indian authorities to release him. We are concerned that the Indian government, despite pledging to participate meaningfully with UN mechanisms as a member of the UN Human Rights Council, has not engaged with the UNWGAD in relation to Khurram's detention.

We recognize that his detention and judicial harassment is happening in a context of longstanding, ongoing grave violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Jammu & Kashmir. We strongly condemn the Indian authorities' widespread and normalized use of repressive counter-terrorism laws, such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, under which Khurram Parvez is being targeted, to silence human rights defenders and dissenting voices.

We urge the government of India to immediately and unconditionally release Khurram Parvez. We also call on India's international partners to publicly denounce Khurram Parvez's detention and to demand that their Indian counterparts release him immediately and unconditionally.

We remain steadfast in our solidarity with Khurram Parvez and will continue to call for his release as long as he remains detained.

Signatories (Note: This list is evolving and will be updated until June 19):

1. ACAT-France

2. Activate Rights

3. Advocacy Forum (AF)

4. Al-Haq

5. Amnesty International

6. Armanshahr / OPEN ASIA

7. Asia Alliance Against Torture (A3T)

8. Asia Human Rights and Labour Advocates (AHRLA)

9. Asia Justice and Rights

10. Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)

11. Asian Human Rights Commission

12. Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de España (APDHE)

13. Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc (ADFM)

14. Association for Democracy in the Maldives (ADM)

15. Association of Women for Awareness and Motivation (AWAM)

16. Association Tchadienne pour la Promotion et la défense des droits de l'homme (ATPDH)

17. Bridging for Sustainable Development (BSD)

18. Bytes For All, Pakistan

19. Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)

20. Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC)

21. CENIDH

22. Center for Civil Liberties

23. Center for Prisoners' Rights

24. Centro de Investigación y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CIPRODEH)

25. Centro de Políticas Públicas y Derechos Humanos (Perú EQUIDAD)

26. CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation

27. Civil Society and Human Rights Network (CSHRN)

28. Collectif de Sauvegarde de la Ligue Algérienne pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme

29. Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS)

30. Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) (Northern Ireland)

31. Community Self Reliance Centre (CSRC)

32. Conflict Victims Society for Justice (CVSJ)

33. Defence of Human Rights Pakistan

34. DITSHWANELO - The Botswana Centre for Human Rights

35. Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO)

36. Forum Against Repression, Telangana

37. FORUM-ASIA

38. Foundation Day of the Endangered Lawyer

39. Front Line Defenders (FLD)

40. Hindus for Human Rights

41. Hivos

42. Human Rights Association (IHD)

43. Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)

44. Human Rights Defenders' Alert - India (HRDA)

45. Human Rights Online Philippines (HRonlinePH)

46. Human Rights Watch

47. IMPARSIAL, the Indonesian Human Rights Monitor

48. India Labour Solidarity (UK)

49. Indian Alliance Paris (IAP)

50. Indian Social Action Forum

51. International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

52. International Legal Initiative Public Foundation

53. International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)

54. International Solidarity with Academic Freedom in India (InSAF India)

55. Just Peace Advocates/Mouvement Pour Une Paix Juste

56. Justiça Global

57. Karapatan

58. Kashmir Law and Justice Project

59. Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights

60. Kirithavar Vazhvurimai Iyakkam (Christian Rights Forum - India)

61. Lawyers for Human Rights (South Africa)

62. League for Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI)

63. Liga Voor Mensenrechten

64. Liga voor de Rechten van de Mens

65. Ligue Burundaise des droits de l'homme Iteka

66. Ligue des Droits de l'Homme (LDH - France)

67. Ligue Djiboutienne des Droits Humain (LDDH)

68. Madaripur Legal Aid Association (MLAA)

69. Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN)

70. Nonviolence International

71. Odhikar

72. Organisation Marocaine des droits humains (OMDH)

73. People's Watch

74. Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA)

75. Progressive Voice (PV)

76. Project South

77. Public Association "Dignity"

78. Public Committee against Torture in Israel

79. Rafto Foundation for Human Rights

80. Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme (RADDHO)

81. Solidarite Fanm Ayisyèn (SOFA)

82. South Asia Justice Campaign

83. South Asia Solidarity Group

84. South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR)

85. SUARAM

86. Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP)

87. The Advocates for Human Rights

88. The Canadian BDS Coalition and International BDS Allies

89. The Sudanese Human Rights Monitor (SHRM)

90. Think Centre

91. University of Madras, Criminology Students

92. World Organization against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

Individuals:

1. A. Kulandaisamy

2. Adilur Rahman Khan

3. Ahmed Aloui

4. Aissa Rahmoune

5. Alexis Deswaef (President of FIDH)

6. Allarassem Yemingar

7. Amina Masood Janjua

8. Angana Chatterji

9. Appandairaj Jain

10. Asiya Arif

11. ASM Nasiruddin Elan

12. Ather Zia

13. Bela Bhatia

14. Bernadette Hamenyimana

15. Bikash Basnet

16. Cecille Baello

17. Cedric Prakash

18. Celia Lagman Sevilla

19. Clifton D'Rozario

20. Christian Gultia

21. David Kaye (former UN Special Rapporteur)

22. Dean Accardi

23. Dhayanithi Raj Jeganathan

24. Diana Alzeer

25. Dr Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan

26. Dr. Frazer Mascarenhas

27. Emma Brännlund (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Mid Sweden University)

28. Farhatullah Babar

29. Fatima Babu

30. Fernand de Varennes (former UN Special Rapporteur)

31. Fionnuala Ni Aolain (former UN Special Rapporteur)

32. Fr. Alex Maria Chelliah (OFM Cap)

33. Giulia Ganovelli

34. Hafidha Chekir

35. Haley Duschinski

36. Hariprasath V

37. Harsh Mander

38. Immanuel Kalaiselvan

39. Janak Bahadur Raut

40. Jessenia Destarini Asmoro

41. Johanna Chardonnieras

42. Joseph Xavier

43. Karan Singha

44. Khadija Errebah

45. Krishnakant Chauhan

46. Kumar Prashant

47. Lotika Singha

48. Mamadou Sy

49. Maryse Artiguelong (former FIDH Vice President)

50. Mody Watt (General Secretary, ONDH/Sénégal)

51. Mona Bhan

52. Namdev Dagam

53. Nandita Narain

54. Navsharan Singh

55. Oli D'Cruz

56. Omer Aijazi

57. R Shameer Basha

58. Rajeev Singha

59. Rajni Shah

60. Rakshith M R

61. Raqib Naik

62. Ruki Fernando

63. Saba Ismail

64. Sam Kamalesan

65. Sazzad Hussain

66. Shahindha Ismail

67. Shyama Sivadas

68. Siddeeqa Iram

69. Somasekhara sarma

70. Sruti Bala

71. Stephen J. Rapp

72. Suchitra Vijayan

73. Sudarshan Ramiengar

74. Suresh M

75. Taskin Famina

76. Théobald Rutihunza

77. Vijay S P

78. Vinnarasi.M

79. Yati Andriyani

80. Yoojung Hong

81. Zainab Jamil

82. Zia Ur Rehman

83. Zohra Yusuf