ISLAMABAD – Rafto Prize 2017 award has been awarded to two Kashmiris for highlighting human rights violations in occupied Kashmir.
The award has been awarded to Ms. Parveena Ahangar and Imroz Parvez from the Indian Occupied Kashmir for the first time in Norway.
The award was given in recognition of their decades-long struggle against abuses of human rights in the Indian occupied Kashmir.
Every year, the non-profit and non-partisan organization, Rafto Foundation for Human Rights, Norway, selects the most distinguished individuals in the fields of human rights and democracy from around the world for conferment of the prestigious Rafto Prize.