In August 2025, Indian authorities continued to commit grave human rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir (IAK). Indian forces killed at least seven people and continued their systematic campaigns of mass arbitrary detention, raids and property expropriation. Indian authorities banned more books, expanded their surveillance infrastructure with a new school-focused initiative and took over 215 independent schools.
Numerous Kashmiri journalists, human rights defenders, activists, and dissenters continue to be arbitrarily detained. Emblematic cases include those of human rights defender Khurram Parvez—illegally imprisoned for almost four years (1,401 days), journalist Irfan Mehraj—illegally imprisoned for over two and a half years (917 days), human rights lawyer Mian Abdul Qayoom—illegally imprisoned for over one year (455 days) and scholar Shafat Wani—illegally imprisoned for almost half a year (166 days).