Human rights violations in Kashmir

Kashmiris have been victims of human rights violations for seven decades. After the accession of Kashmir to India in 1947, a conflict emerged between India and Pakistan. Pakistan has never accepted the merger of Kashmir with India and has always instigated Kashmiri Muslims against the Indian Government and local authorities. The condition in Kashmir became miserable after the emergence of militancy in Kashmir in 1989. To crush the militancy in Kashmir, the Indian government provided special powers to armed forces with the Special Act AFSPA, that is, the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. Armed forces such as the Indian army, BSF, and CRPF were blamed for misusing their special powers and violating human rights. On the other hand, militant groups started to target the Kashmiri Hindus, particularly the Kashmiri Pandits. Under the terrorist threat, Kashmiri Pandits were forced to leave their houses and their properties. So, human rights of Kashmiris are violated by both armed forces and militant groups in the form of extrajudicial killings, torture, rape, kidnapping, and displacing them from their native places.