In February 2025, Indian authorities continued to commit grave human rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir (IAK). Indian forces killed at least 14 people. Indian authorities continued their systematic campaigns of mass arbitrary detention and collective punishment, including through the arrest of over 500 people and the continued expropriation of property. Indian authorities confiscated at least 668 books from stores and personal libraries, including works by Abul Ala Maudoodi and Khalid Bashir Ahmad. Numerous Kashmiri journalists, human rights defenders, political activists, and dissenters continue to be arbitrarily detained.
May 2025
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