This report summarize human rights violations in Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir during 2015.
Topics: total killings, killings due to littered explosives, pellet injuries, denial of juvenile rights, internet curfew, probes and inquiries, arrests, torture, use of pepper gas, stun grenades or flash-bangs, prisoners, use of tear gas, right to travel, enforced disappearances, custodial killings and fake encounters, violation of religious rights, Village Defence Committees, harassment of Kashmiris inside and outside Kashmir, State Human Rights Commission, summary of civilian killings in year 2015
Terms: killings from explosives, killings of children, maiming, pellet injuries, denial of rights of minors, arbitrary dention of minors, torture of minors, Unlawful Activites (Prevention) Act (UAPA), denial of right to free expression, denial of right to free assembly, denial of access to justice, denial of right to habeas corpus, State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), Village Defence Committees (VDCs), extrajudicial killings, violation of proportionality principle, violation of necessity principle, arbitrary detention, excessive use of force, custodial killings, custodial torture, violation of freedom of movement, internet shutdown, enforced and involuntary disappearances, fake encounters, religious discrimination, failure to investigate, failure of accountability, legalized impunity, violations of right to travel, fake encounters, targeting of Kashmiris, discrimination against Kashmiris, forced labour, Rasthriya Rifles
December 2015
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