Executive SummaryFake encounters and extrajudicial killings in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir arecharacterized as systemic, state-sanctioned violence carried out with absolute impunity under the protective umbrella of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). The report argues that local civilians—predominantly young men—have been rendered a “killable” lot, subjected to enforced disappearances, torture, and staged encounters. Security...
