Atrocities on woman committed by Indian armed forces in the Indian held Kashmir

Abstract

The most important responsibility of any state is to provide basic rights and security to its people regardless of any cast, creed, faith and geographical identity of the person or community in question. But unfortunately, there are many states in the world that are responsible for occupying the territory of some states by force and are violating fundamental human rights for many decades. The State of Jammu and Kashmir is one of those states where people are being humiliated, discriminated, tortured and raped by the Indian paramilitary and the Indian armed forces. The women in Kashmir are suffering a lot due to the forceful occupation by India. They are targeting and supervising the sexual harassment with the advent of heavy Indian militarization in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, as a punishment for their continuous struggle for self-determination. Molestation, rape, and other forms of sexual humiliation and torture have been widely practiced by the Indian security forces on women as they assert their authority on the Kashmiri people. The Indian government’s newly enforced law prevents security personnel from being prosecuted. So at the end, not a single army man, police or paramilitary person has been charged or punished for the sexual abuses of women. This study helps to analyze how the Indian armed forces have targeted and perpetrated on women. This study also discusses the problems and challenges that the women face after in the wake of these brutal acts. There is an urgent need for giving a strong call to the international community to pay its utmost attention to this critical issue and urge the Indian forces to stop committing atrocities on the Kashmiri women.