In June 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. Indian authorities acknowledged the use of facial recognition technology in detaining a person in IAK. Indian authorities connected IAK to India by rail for the first time, enhancing the infrastructure supporting India’s militarized occupation and colonial domination of IAK.
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 over three and a half years (1,338 days), journalist Irfan Mehraj—illegally imprisoned for over two years (854 days), human rights lawyer Mian Abdul Qayoom—illegally imprisoned for over one year (392 days) and scholar Shafat Wani—illegally imprisoned for over three months (103 days).