2353 Kashmiri women martyred, 11265 molested by Indian law enforcers since 1989

ISLAMABAD, Nov 25 (SABAH): The world is observing the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, while women in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir continue to suffer from Indian state terrorism, injustice, atrocities, fear, agony and the pain inflicted by India.

According to a report, India has weaponized draconian laws to target the sanctity and dignity of Kashmiri women.

Particularly after the illegal actions of the Indian BJP government on August 5, 2019, the Indian army, paramilitary forces, police personnel, and their agencies have used legal cover to openly pursue their agenda by targeting, detaining, and passing derogatory remarks about Kashmiri women while ignoring their social, political, economic, human, and other rights.

The report stated that 2,353 women have been martyred, and 11,265 molested and disgraced by Indian troops in the occupied territory since 1989. Indian state terrorism has rendered 22,980 Kashmiri women widowed in the past 36 years.

It added that over three dozen women, including 65-year-old Aasiya Andrabi, Naheeda Nasreen, Fehmeeda Sofi, Aashiya Bano, Aafreena, Nigeena, Ishrat Rasool, Munira Begum, Sarda Begum, Safeeqa Begum, Rubeena Nazir, Nusrat Jan, Shabroza Bano, Mudifa, and Sheema Shafi Waza, have been illegally detained in infamous Tihar Jail and other prisons in India and IIOJK for more than seven years.

In 2024, Indian troops arrested several women during house raids based on fabricated cases, including the wife of a nomad, Aqam Din, and Gulshan Naaz, wife of Talib Shah, in Rajouri, Poonch, Samba, and Kathua districts of the territory.