HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH (HRW)

Human Rights Watch investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world, including in Kashmir.

2020

• “SHOOT THE TRAITORS”: DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MUSLIMS UNDER INDIA’S NEW CITIZENSHIP POLICY
• INDIA’S STEPS TO CONTAIN COVID-19 HAVE FAILED TO CURB ANTI-MUSLIM RHETORIC: DISCRIMINATION WILL AFFECT THE COUNTRY’S FIGHT AGAINST THE PANDEMIC
• END INTERNET SHUTDOWNS TO MANAGE COVID-19: BLOCKING ACCESS COULD COST LIVES
• BJP GOVERNMENT MUST ACKNOWLEDGE CRITICS’ FEARS AND STOP RESORTING TO MAJORITARIAN VICTIMHOOD; IT MUST REVERSE POOR DECISIONS, NOT REJECT THE ADVICE OF FRIENDS
• INDIA FAILING ON KASHMIRI HUMAN RIGHTS: SOME EASING, BUT ABUSIVE RESTRICTIONS PERSIST
• PAKISTAN
• INDIA: MOUNTING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; GROWING CRACKDOWN ON PEACEFUL DISSENT; MARGINALIZED GROUPS TARGETED
• INDIA
• SHUTTING DOWN THE INTERNET TO SHUT UP CRITICS

2019

• INDIA: ENSURE RIGHTS PROTECTIONS IN KASHMIR

• DISSENT IS ‘ANTI-NATIONAL’ IN MODI’S INDIA; GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO CLAMP DOWN ON CRITICISM
• JAMMU AND KASHMIR IN CONTEXT: WRITTEN SUBMISSION OF JOHN SIFTON TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TOM LANTOS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
• A NEW, UNCERTAIN ERA BEGINS FOR KASHMIR: SERIOUS RIGHTS VIOLATIONS PERSIST
• RESTRICTIONS, DETENTIONS PERSIST IN KASHMIR: INDIA SHOULD END CRACKDOWN, RESTORE PHONES, RELEASE POLITICAL DETAINEES
• ADDRESS, DON’T DISMISS, KASHMIR GRIEVANCES: MODI’S US VISIT SHOULD EMBRACE RIGHTS
• INDIA: FREE KASHMIRIS ARBITRARILY DETAINED: THOUSANDS HELD MORE THAN A MONTH WITHOUT CHARGE
• ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM ON VENEZUELA KEY FOR POLITICAL PROGRESS; ROBUST HRC ATTENTION NEEDED TO MYANMAR, KASHMIR, SUDAN, CAMBODIA, RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS
• KASHMIR SHUTDOWN RAISES HEALTHCARE CONCERNS: DOCTORS WARN THAT BLOCKED COMMUNICATIONS PUT PATIENTS AT RISK
• INDIA: RESTORE KASHMIR’S INTERNET, PHONES: SHUTDOWN INFRINGES BASIC FREEDOMS, AFFECTS ESSENTIAL SERVICES, HARMS ECONOMY
• IN KASHMIR, GOVERNMENT’S PRIORITY SHOULD BE TO PROTECT CIVIL LIBERTIES: BLACKING OUT COMMUNICATION CHANNELS IS A FORM OF COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT THAT CRIPPLES DAILY LIVES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
• INDIA WANTS TO AVOID INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION, BUT NEEDS TO ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS IN KASHMIR: ADDRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS ENDING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
• INDIA NEEDS TO STEP BACK IN KASHMIR: INDIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE RESTRICTED MOVEMENT, BLOCKED ACCESS TO PHONES AND INTERNET
• INDIA: BASIC FREEDOMS AT RISK IN KASHMIR: FREE POLITICAL LEADERS, RESTORE COMMUNICATIONS, EXERCISE RESTRAINT
• KASHMIR: UN REPORTS SERIOUS ABUSES: INDIA, PAKISTAN SHOULD ACCEPT FINDINGS, ENSURE JUSTICE
• SUBMISSION TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE REVIEW OF INDIA: 126TH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
• CLOSURE OF KEY HIGHWAY ADDS TO KASHMIR’S WOES: INDIA’S ‘MUSCULAR’ APPROACH DISREGARDS RIGHTS
• POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD PLEDGE TO UPHOLD HUMAN RIGHTS — AND MEAN IT
• JOINT STATEMENT ON SAUDI ARABIA SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD; HIGH COMMISSIONER HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR ACTION ON XINJIANG, THE PHILIPPINES; OHCHR’S REPORTING ON NICARAGUA, KASHMIR SHOULD TRIGGER COUNCIL ACTION; ITEM 2 INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
• KASHMIR CRISIS ERUPTS, WORLD WATCHES ANXIOUSLY: SABER RATTLING BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN IGNORES KASHMIRI HUMAN RIGHTS
• WOMEN, NOT WEAPONS: INDIA’S SURVIVORS ALL DESERVE JUSTICE: 28 YEARS AFTER KUNAN AND POSHPORA, ABUSES STILL PERSIST
• INDIA: GROWING CRACKDOWN ON ACTIVISTS, RIGHTS GROUPS; STOP HARASSING PEACEFUL DISSENTERS AND CHOKING FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
• FAMILIES BEG FOR ANSWERS ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
• HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SHOULD ACT TO ADDRESS RIGHTS CRISES- INCLUDING VENEZUELA, KASHMIR, PHILIPPINES AND CAMBODIA I ITEM 2 GENERAL DEBATE ON HIGH COMMISSIONER’S UPDATE
• INDIA: ACT ON UN RIGHTS REPORT ON KASHMIR I AUTHORITIES SHOULD ALLOW INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION, PROVIDE REDRESS FOR ABUSES