In November 2024, Indian authorities continued to commit grave human rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir (IAK). Indian forces killed at least eight people and arbitrarily detained at least 22. Indian authorities continued their campaign of collective punishment through raids and property expropriation, renewing their commitment to raze the homes of anyone deemed to have “provided refuge” to a person they label a “terrorist.”
Numerous Kashmiri journalists, human rights defenders, political activists, and dissenters continue to be arbitrarily detained. Emblematic cases include those of human rights defender Khurram Parvez—illegally imprisoned for over three years (1,156 days), journalist Irfan Mehraj -- illegally imprisoned for over a year and a half (672 days) and academic Abul Ala Fazili -- illegally imprisoned for almost three years (1,010 days).
January 2025
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