Shabir Shah

Shabir Ahmad Shah is the founder and president of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party.[1] Shah has been fighting for the rights of Kashmiris for over forty years and has spent twenty-six in prison. He is a former Amnesty International prisoner of conscience[2] and is widely known as the "Nelson Mandela of Kashmir".[3]

References

  1. ^ "Obama should facilitate talks on Kashmir: Shabir Shah". Sify.com. 4 November 2010. http://www.sify.com/news/obama-should-facilitate-talks-on-kashmir-shabir-shah-news-national-kleq4mebfji.html. Retrieved 22 December 2010. 
  2. ^ "Amnesty International members visit J&K to assess human rights situation". The Times of India. 17 May 2010. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Amnesty-International-members-visit-JK-to-assess-human-rights-situation/articleshow/5942065.cms. Retrieved 22 December 2010. 
  3. ^ "One killed, 40 hurt in Indian Kashmir clash". Reuters.in. 6 March 2009. http://in.reuters.com/article/idINDEL46479420090306. Retrieved 22 December 2010.