This report provides details pertaining to mass graves in the Uri area in Indina-Administered Kashmir (IAK). The report’s findings are based on a fact-finding mission by APDP to help account for an estimated 8 to 10 thousand individuals who have been subjected to enforced disappearances in IAK since 1990.

Topics: list of some places with nameless and mass graves, global practice on the issue of nameless and mass graves, the international commission on missing persons, contradictory statements made by governments from time to time in legislative assembly regarding the missing persons, list of disappeared persons killed by the paramilitary forces and labeled as foreign militants

Terms: arbitrary disappearances, enforced disapperances, involuntary disapperances, mass graves, unmarked graves, legalized impunity, lack of accountability, cordon and search operations, crackdowns, abductions, fake encounter killings, disinformation, state propoganda, violations by Indian Army, violatoins by Special Operations Group (SOG), violations by police

This is a communication of two UN Special Rapporteurs (freedom of speech and human rights defenders) to the Government of India expressing grave concern for the use of disproportionate force against student demonstrators, and the adoption of measures by state authorities in Jammu and Kashmir banning 22 social media websites and apps as well as suspending the networks providing 3G and 4G services in the region.

Topics: internet shutdown, censorship, violation of free expression, internet slowdown, suspension of internet services, blocking social media, violation of freedom of opinion, disproportionate force, non-response by Indian Government
Terms: teargas, pellet guns, shotguns, April 2017 shutdown, student demonstrations, Pulwama Degree College protests, ban on Baidu, Xanga, QQ, Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter and Skype

This report describes the environmental and other impacts of the Amarnath Yatra. Among numerous findings, the report finds a high environmental impact of the Yatra as it is conducted currently and it also finds that the State clearly privileges the Yatra and the yatris, while denying the rights of the people of Indian-Administered Kashmir. The report also includes recommendations for regulating the yatra.

Topics: amarnath yatra: a history re-written, the yatris, state actors: a secular conundrum, non state actors: institutionalising differences, state sponsored environmental crises, conflicts, emerging yatras: manufacturing histories, conclusion, aftermath of july 8th, 2016, chronology of events - Amarnath Land Row

Terms: instrumentalization of faith, politicization of religion, religious discrimination, environmental impacts, impacts on forests, ecological damage, state communalism, militarization, failure of environmental governance, manufacturing history, organized lying, state propaganda, 2008 Amarnath Land Row, economic blockade of Kashmir,

This report summarizes the OIC's Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission's fact-finding mission to assess the human rights situation in the Azad Kashmir portion of Pakistan-Administered Jammu and Kashmir and Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir.

Topics: observations/findings, violations of the right to self-determination, violations of the right to life, violations of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, violations of freedom of religion, violations of the freedoms of peaceful assembly and association, protection against torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, measures to bring demographic changes in Indian-Administerd Jammu and Kashmir by the Indian government, forced separation of families, probes and inquiries, Line of Control (LOC) violations, state of refugees from Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir in Azad Kashmir

Terms: extrajudicial killings, fake encounters, Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Public Safety Act (PSA), rape, molestation

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This report estimated the prevalence of mental health-related conditions, specifically depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in Kashmir and determined the accessibility of mental health services.The survey showed that nearly 1.8 million adults (45% of the adult population) in the Kashmir Valley are experiencing symptoms of mental distress, with 41% exhibiting signs of probable depression, 26% probable anxiety and 19% probable PTSD.

Topics: mental health, Kashmir, survey of mental health prevalence in Kashmir, management of mentally ill patients, recommendations for policy makers, recommendations for collaborative departments/implementers, recommendations for future research, demographic and economic and political context of Kashmir, overview of study methodology, prevalence of mental health conditions, exposure to traumatic events, problems of daily life and coping strategies, physical health, risk factors for mental distress, substance use, trauma, extended understanding beyond trauma, challenges in providing healthcare, multidisciplinary approach to mental health prevention and care

Terms: health, mental health, access to mental healthcare, mental health awareness, depression, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety