In October 2025, Indian authorities continued to commit grave human rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir (IAK). Indian forces killed at least two people in IAK. Indian authorities continued their systematic campaigns of mass arbitrary detention, raids, collective punishment and property expropriation.
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 four years (1,457 days), journalist Irfan Mehraj—illegally imprisoned for over two and a half years (973 days), human rights lawyer Mian Abdul Qayoom—illegally imprisoned for almost a year and a half (511 days) and scholar Shafat Wani—illegally imprisoned for over seven months (218 days).