据报道，自 8 月 5 日以来，又有 6 000 人被捕，其中包括政治领导人、专业人士和活动家，其中许多人被转移到新德里和印度其他地区的监狱。报道称，印度安全部队绑架家中的男童，并实施酷刑以及不人道和有辱人格的待遇。几次和平示威遭到弹丸枪和实弹等残暴武力的镇压，数十名手无寸铁的克什米尔人被杀或被致残。8 月 24 日飞往斯利那加的印度反对党领导人在机场被拘留，未获准释放，然后被迫乘机返回。
Since 5 August, an additional 6,000 people, including politicalleaders, professionals and activists, have reportedly been arrested, and many have been transferred to jails in New Delhi and other parts of India. Reportedly, young boys are being abducted from their homes by Indian security forces and subjected to torture and inhuman and degrading treatment. Several peaceful demonstrations have been suppressed by the use of brutal force, including through the use of pellet guns and live ammunition, killing and maiming scores of unarmed Kashmiris. Indian Opposition leaders who flew into Srinagar on 24 August were detained at the airport, denied the permission to come out and then forced to fly back.