Human Rights Violations in Kashmir (Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics)

The book is a comprehensive study on human rights in Kashmir in relation to the dynamics of Indo-Pakistani policies, providing a structured and interdisciplinary approach to the subject. Whilst surveying some of the most appalling case studies of human rights abuses, the book offers a methodical analysis of the structural and structured human rights violations in the divided Kashmir and placing them in a much broader context of South Asian politics. The book examines root causes responsible for a human rights violations-prone environment and climate of impunity in which the actors perpetrate their crimes unpunished, unwrapping legal and extralegal nexus behind the crimes. __Human Rights Violations in Kashmir__ will appeal to students and scholars of peace and conflict studies, international relations, human rights studies and South Asian studies. The book is a comprehensive study on human rights in Kashmir in relation to the dynamics of Indo-Pakistani policies, providing a structured and interdisciplinary approach to the subject. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 List of figure and tables 8 List of abbreviations 9 Acknowledgements 11 Biographical notes on the authors 12 1. Introduction 14 PART I: Violations of human rights in Indian-administered Kashmir 18 2. Human rights in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir: Introduction 20 3. Selected root causes and the structure of human rights violations 26 3.1. Majoritarian Hindu nationalism 26 3.2. Militancy and Islamisation 38 3.3. Militarisation and armed forces impunity 43 3.4. The legal tools of impunity 50 4. Documentation of the human rights abuses 60 4.1. International reports on human rights violations 60 4.2. Local reports on human rights violations 64 5. Selected manifestations of the human rights violations in the Valley 69 5.1. Violence against women and children 70 5.2. Mass graves 76 5.3. Pellet-firing shotguns 78 5.4. Fake encounters 81 5.5. Media crackdown 82 6. Human rights after Article 370 abrogation 88 6.1. A new chapter in Kashmir’s history 88 6.2. The international organisations and states’ response 95 6.3. Non-governmental organisations’ response 98 6.4. Demographic change, land control and hydel potential 102 7. Beyond the Valley 109 7.1. Some narratives from Jammu and Ladakh 109 7.2. Post-2019 era: Jammu and Ladakh in new UT’s 116 8. Concluding notes: Empower the people, expunge impunity 122 PART II: Violations of human rights in Pakistani-administered Kashmir 128 9. The frameworks of impunity 130 9.1. Monitoring human rights 130 9.2. Legal framework 135 9.3. Extralegal framework 140 10. The structure of abuse 148 10.1. Denial of political rights 149 10.2. The denial of freedom of expression and related rights 157 10.3. Freedom of religion and belief restricted 161 10.4. The denial of the right to a dignified life and related rights 166 10.5. Land rights restricted 173 10.6. Cultural and other rights violated 180 10.7. Concluding remarks: own the territory, disown the population 185 11. Epilogue 199 References 203 Index 228 Hindu,nationalism;,Islamisation;,Militarisation;,human,rights,violations;,Violence;,Fake,encounters;,Media,crackdown;,Kashmir's,history;,Non-governmental,organisations Hindu nationalism,Islamisation,Militarisation,human rights violations,Violence,Fake encounters,Media crackdown,Kashmir's history,Non-governmental organisations most comprehensive, monograph on the subject not yet another report on human rights violations, but an in-depth analysis of their structure, complexity and background of interest to experts in: human rights in general, South Asia, political science, international relations, peace and conflict studies providing comprehensive knowledge on recent dynamics (after India bifurcated its chunk into two Union Territories) of human rights violations in all parts of Kashmir