In July 2025, Indian authorities continued to commit grave human rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir (IAK). Indian forces killed at least four people and continued their systematic campaigns of mass arbitrary detention, raids and property expropriation. The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir criminalized (under counter-terror laws) the mere description of IAK as “occupied” or of its people’s right to self-determination under international law.
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 (1,374 days), journalist Irfan Mehraj—illegally imprisoned for almost two and a half years (890 days), human rights lawyer Mian Abdul Qayoom—illegally imprisoned for over one year (428 days) and scholar Shafat Wani—illegally imprisoned for almost four months (139 days).