In June 2024, Indian authorities continued to commit grave human rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir (IAK). Indian forces killed at least sixteen people, including custodial killings by torture. Indian authorities continued their ongoing campaigns of mass arbitrary detention and property expropriation. Indian authorities approved the counter-terror prosecution of author Arundhati Roy and international law professor Showkat Hussain for 2010 speech. The Indian administration continued to target pro-self-determination groups and human rights defenders, including Advocate Mian Abdul Qayoom.
Numerous Kashmiri journalists, human rights defenders, political activists, and dissenters continue to be arbitrarily detained. Emblematic cases include those of human rights defenders Khurram Parvez—illegally imprisoned for over two and half years (985 days), journalist Sajad Gul—illegally imprisoned for over two and a half years (941 days) and academic Abul Ala Fazili—illegally imprisoned for over two years (839) days.
August 2024
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