This statement demands credible and impartial investigations of use of foce against protestors in Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the July 2016 killing of Burhan Wani.

Topics: excessive use of force by police, lethal force

Terms: violation of proportionality and necessity principle, use of pellet guns, use of shotguns, excessive use of force, lethal force, July 2016 killing of Burhan Wani, violence against protestors, use of teargas, use of live ammunition

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This report of a five-member team of the J&K High Court Bar Association's visit to Tihar Jail in New Delhi on January 11, 2016 to meet Kashmiri detainees/prisoners and provide legal aid. Contrary to court orders, the team was only allowed to visit 5 prisoners. The reports indivudual cases of detainees/prisoners who are being mistreated and denied fundamental rights. After returning to the valley, the Bar issued a statement detailing their interactions. From their statements it is evident that Kashmiri prisoners are being discriminated against and mistreated- they are deprived of jail facilities and visitation rights; additionally, Kashmiri prisoners are denied the right to have their cases tried in NIA courts without any good reason.

Topics: mistreatment of Kashmiri prisoners, violations of fundamental rights

Terms: violation of prisoner’s rights, discrimination against Kashmiris outside Kashmir, prisoner mistreatmentm arbitrary detention, illegal imprisonment, perventive detention, revolving detention, denial of due process, denial of legal representation, Rafiq Ahmad Shah, Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, Tariq Ahmad Dar, Muazaffar Ahmad Dar, Mohammad Shafi Shah, denial of access to justice, discrimination against Kashmiris

This report summarize human rights violations in Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir during 2015.

Topics: total killings, killings due to littered explosives, pellet injuries, denial of juvenile rights, internet curfew, probes and inquiries, arrests, torture, use of pepper gas, stun grenades or flash-bangs, prisoners, use of tear gas, right to travel, enforced disappearances, custodial killings and fake encounters, violation of religious rights, Village Defence Committees, harassment of Kashmiris inside and outside Kashmir, State Human Rights Commission, summary of civilian killings in year 2015

Terms: killings from explosives, killings of children, maiming, pellet injuries, denial of rights of minors, arbitrary dention of minors, torture of minors, Unlawful Activites (Prevention) Act (UAPA), denial of right to free expression, denial of right to free assembly, denial of access to justice, denial of right to habeas corpus, State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), Village Defence Committees (VDCs), extrajudicial killings, violation of proportionality principle, violation of necessity principle, arbitrary detention, excessive use of force, custodial killings, custodial torture, violation of freedom of movement, internet shutdown, enforced and involuntary disappearances, fake encounters, religious discrimination, failure to investigate, failure of accountability, legalized impunity, violations of right to travel, fake encounters, targeting of Kashmiris, discrimination against Kashmiris, forced labour, Rasthriya Rifles

This is a communication of the UN Working Group on enforced disappearances and two UN Special Rapporteurs (on human rights defenders and independence of judges and lawyers) to the Government of India over the alleged refusal to renew the passport of human rights lawyer Parvez Imroz since 2004 in an attempt to restrict his work in relation to investigations of enforced disappearances.

Topics: denial of right to travel, denial of freedom of movement, attacks on human rights defenders, intimidation, violation fo free expression, violation of freedom of opinion, non-response of Indian Government, impunity

Terms: Parvez Imroz, denial of passport, Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP)

This report while illustrating the patterns of violence through individual case studies, is directly concerned with identifying the structure, forms and tactics of violence of the Indian State in Jammu and Kashmir.

Topics: structures of violence, theatres of violence, courts of violence, alleged perpetrators

Terms: the Khanabal Camp, the Tapper Camp. mass violence, mass rape and torture at Kunan and Poshpora (1991), massacre at Sopore (1993), massacre at Saderkoot-Bala (1996), massacre at Sailan (1998), massacre at Mohra Bachai (1999), massacre at Chittisinghpora (2000), fake encounter killings at Pathribal (2000), massacre at Brakpora (2000), perpetrators of enforced disappearance, perpetrators of extra-judiciai killing, perpetrators of sexual violence, perpetrators of torture, reprisals, human shields, testimonies, systematic human rights violations, list of massacres, Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), state sanction documents, court-martials information, information on awards and promotions, ex-gratia relief, order on cash in lieu of employment, command-and-control, security grid, command structure, army, Northern Command, Western Command, Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), para-military forces, Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP), Indian Reserve Police (IRP), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Jammu and Kashmir Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Counter-Insurgency Kashmir (CIK), Special Branch Kashmir (SBK), Village Defence Committees (VDCs), Unified Headquarters, militarization, occupation of land, assault on memory, surrendered militants, ex-militants, Ikhwan-ul-Mulslimeen, Muslim Mujahideen