This report summarizes state repression and the human rights crisis in Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir during the period August 5, 2019 through August 5, 2020.

Topics: detention of political opposition, quelling political opposition, verbal orders of detention, curbing freedom of expression and association, severe clampdown on freedom of press, the blackout, Media Facilitation Centre, intimidation and physical attack on journalists, use of repressive laws against journalists, biased access to institutions, new Media Policy, protracted restrictions to internet access, access to healthcare, access to education, access to justice, prisons as COVID-19 hotspots, closure of state human rights commission and other bodies, list of political leaders detained in J&K since August 2019, list of journalists arrested and intimidated since August 2019, list of internet shutdowns since January 14 2020

Terms: pattern of administrative detention, absence of public data, Public Safety Act (PSA), Section 107 Code of Criminal Procedure, Section 151 Code of Criminal Procedure, arbitrary detention, verbal orders of detention, minors under administrative detention, bonds for detention release conditioned on silence, threatening of journalists, intimidation of journalists, attacks on journalists, Media Policy, interrogation of Fayaz Ahmad Kaloo, attack on Greater Kashmir, attack on Kashmir Reader, detention of Irfan Amin Malik, interrogation of Fahad Shah, assault on Azaan Javaid, UAPA, PSA detention of Qazi Shibli, UAPA charge of Masrat Zahra, timeline of communications restrictions, habeas corpus petitions

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