The report, to be compiled and released in a phased manner, will document cases of custodial killings, rapes, torture, disappearances and civilian killings at the hands of either government forces or unidentified gunmen.

“Since 1990, Kashmiris have been subjected to gross human rights violations. We have decided to prepare a report on these cases. The report  will be made public and sent to human rights organizations world over.

We will also submit the report to  State Human Rights Commission,” Syed Salim Geelani, head of  the human rights cell of the amalgam, told a local dailyon Thursday.

“In the first phase of this exercise, we are preparing a report on more or less 1000 cases of human rights violations. It is in final stages of compilation, and will be released soon,” he added.

Since the start of insurgency in the Kashmir Valley, over one lakh people (a figure often quoted by the pro-freedom groups and Kashmir-based human rights groups) have been killed in the Valley while  the estimated number of persons who disappeared under the Indian forces’ custody is 10,000.

However, no comprehensive compilation of these and many other cases of human rights violations has been done by any pro-freedom organization of the Valley in the past. The documentation work has been limited to various independent human rights groups that have come to fore only recently. In a recent report, JK Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS)—a prominent Kashmir-based human rights group—had documented 214 cases of human rights violations involving 500 alleged perpetrators, including 235 Indian Army personnel, 123 paramilitary personnel, 111 Police personnel and 31 government-backed militants/associates.

Hurriyat (M)’s work, according to Salim Geelani, is, however, based on “independent ground work” of its workers.

“We have identified at least 30, 000 cases of various forms of human rights violations. We will be covering them all—collecting details about the cases; naming the officials involved; and revealing the plight of the victims,” Geelani said. “We have been doing this work before also, but it is being done in an organized manner for the first time.”

Meanwhile, the conglomerate, in a press statement issued here, said a meeting of its members was held to discuss the progress on the report. Besides compiling the report, the conglomerate will also organize seminars on human rights at the district level, it said.