Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir: Difference between revisions

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{{about|Human rights abuses in an Indian-administered territory|human rights abuses in the whole of Kashmir|Human rights abuses in Kashmir}}
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{{short description|Organized abuse and breaches of fundamental human rights in Jammu and Kashmir, India}}
{{short description|Organized abuse and breaches of fundamental human rights in Jammu and Kashmir, India}}
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====Mass graves====
====Mass graves====
Mass graves have been identified all over Kashmir by human right activists believed to contain bodies of thousands of Kashmiris of enforced disappearances.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/08/24/india-investigate-unmarked-graves-jammu-and-kashmir |title=India: Investigate Unmarked Graves in Jammu and Kashmir |publisher=Human Rights Watch |date=24 August 2011 |access-date=2012-10-01}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> A [[Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Commission|State Human Rights Commission]] inquiry in 2011, has confirmed there are thousands of bullet-ridden bodies buried in unmarked graves in Jammu and Kashmir. Of the 2730 bodies uncovered in 4 of the 14 districts, 574 bodies were identified as missing locals in contrast to the Indian governments insistence that all the graves belong to foreign militants<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite news|last=LYDIA POLGREEN|title=Mass Graves Hold Thousands, Kashmir Inquiry Finds|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/world/asia/23kashmir.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=22 August 2011}}</ref> According to [[deposition (law)|deposition]] submitted by [[Parvez Imroz]] and his field workers in 2011, the total number of unmarked graves was more than 6,000.<ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/09/mass-graves-of-kashmir | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Cathy | last=Scott-Clark | title=The mass graves of Kashmir | date=9 July 2012}}</ref>
Mass graves have been identified all over Kashmir by human right activists believed to contain bodies of thousands of Kashmiris of enforced disappearances.<ref name=":5" /><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/08/24/india-investigate-unmarked-graves-jammu-and-kashmir |title=India: Investigate Unmarked Graves in Jammu and Kashmir |publisher=Human Rights Watch |date=24 August 2011 |access-date=2012-10-01}}</ref> A [[Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Commission|State Human Rights Commission]] inquiry in 2011, has confirmed there are thousands of bullet-ridden bodies buried in unmarked graves in Jammu and Kashmir. Of the 2730 bodies uncovered in 4 of the 14 districts, 574 bodies were identified as missing locals in contrast to the Indian governments insistence that all the graves belong to foreign militants<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite news|last=LYDIA POLGREEN|title=Mass Graves Hold Thousands, Kashmir Inquiry Finds|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/world/asia/23kashmir.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=22 August 2011}}</ref> According to [[deposition (law)|deposition]] submitted by [[Parvez Imroz]] and his field workers in 2011, the total number of unmarked graves was more than 6,000.<ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/09/mass-graves-of-kashmir | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Cathy | last=Scott-Clark | title=The mass graves of Kashmir | date=9 July 2012}}</ref>


===Extrajudicial killings by security personnel===
===Extrajudicial killings by security personnel===
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