A team of eleven human rights activists from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Delhi toured the Kashmir Valley from 6th to 10th May 2007. The team spoke to the victims of and witnesses to twelve incidents of violent death at the hands of the police or the armed forces, or in the course of the action of the armed forces against militants. The team also spoke to a cross-section of activists and spokespersons of the Kashmir movement, and its friends. And to lawyers who have been dealing with cases of human rights violations.

Topics: introduction, what has changed, reduction in militancy, the ‘Ganderbal fake encounters’, the Pampore revolt, impunity of the police and armed forces

Terms: fake encounters, custodial killings, human shields, vengeance killing, detention of a juvenile, killing by “mistake”, self-determination, Ganderbal fake encounters, Pampore revolt, Papa Kishtwari, Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), Masooda Parveen vs. Union of India, Abdul Ganie Lone interview