Islamabad: The people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have been suffering from Indian oppression and tyranny for the past 78 years and continuous extrajudicial killings, unjustified arrests and other atrocities by Indian forces have also severely affected the mental health of Kashmiris.
According to Kashmir24, mental health in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir is described by experts as being in a state of severe crisis, characterized by a high prevalence of mental distress, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) stemming from decades of conflict.
The Kashmir Institute of International Relations, an independent research and advocacy organization, documenting human rights conditions and conflict related developments in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, in its report has exposed Indian brutalities destroying mental health of people of Kashmir.
The report links mental wellbeing with living conditions and guaranteed human rights, saying over 100,000 people died in three decades of armed conflict and more than 8,000 enforced disappearances are documented in IIOJK.