Human rights abuses in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir state are an ongoing issue.
The abuses range from mass killings, enforced disappearances, torture, r**e and sexual abuse to political repression and suppression of freedom of speech. The Indian Army, central reserve police force, border security personnel and various separatist militant groups[1][2] have been accused and held accountable for committing severe human rights abuses against Kashmiri civilians.[3][4][5] Crimes by
militants are not comparable with the larger scale of abuse by Indian state forces.[6] Some rights groups say close to 100,000 people have died since 1989[7] but revised figures from Indian sources state the number of civilians killed due to the Kashmiri insurgency has been estimated to range from 16,725 [8] to 47,000 civilians while 3,642 civilians were killed by security forces .[9][10][11][12] Statement by Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society is that 70,000 plus killings, 8000 plus forced disappearances, mass torture and sexual violence, majority committed by Indian armed forces, has had zero prosecution in civilian courts.[13] India accuses the Pakistan Army for abusing human rights in Jammu and Kashmir by violating ceasefire and keep on killing Kashmiri civilians,[14][15][16][17][18] a claim which is totally rejected by Pakistan who blames Indian army for the violation of LoC.[19] Diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks revealed that the ICRC had briefed US officials in Delhi in 2005 about the use of torture from 2002–2004 by security forces against hundreds of detainees suspected of being connected to or having information about militants.
