Khurram Pervez, a Srinagar-based leading human rights defender and Kartik Murukotla, lawyer associated with Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society(JKCCS) speaker at the Discussion Forum organised jointly by CRSS and CPDR. Both speakers highlighted the human rights violations that have been systematically taking place in the Indian part of Kashmir in the presence of 65,6000 security forces.

The JKCSS is about to launch  a report on the human rights violations in Kashmir, which underscores how Kashmiris have endured a systematic denial of rights and political disempowerment through brute force and management of perceptions on their political struggle for the right of self-determination.Pervez bemoaned what he said decreasing Pakistani assertiveness on the issue of Kashmir which he said had encouraged India to increasingly harden its position on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.