A/HRC/19/58 certain instances, non-combatant persons were extra-judicially executed following detention, and labeled afterwards by the Government of India, and the authorities in Jammu and Kashmir as militants who emigrated to Azad Kashmir in Pakistan to seek arms training. It was reported that acts of oppression and violence towards presumed insurgents were deemed as acts of service, which were rewarded and compensated. 269. It was alleged that security forces personnel selected local male residents or professional gravediggers, usually those respected within the local community, and asked that graves be prepared to bury the dead. The graveyards were constructed on local religious or community owned or used land and dug by local residents at the coercion of security personnel. In instances where the number of bodies brought by security personnel exceeded the initial count given by security personnel, more than one body was buried in each grave. The bodies examined were routinely delivered at night, and some of them were bearing marks of torture and burns. Photographs of the dead were reportedly documented by local police stations, while identification occurred through clothing and distinguishing features or numbering. 270. According to the source, between April 2008 and November 2009, a total of 2,700 graves were examined by civil society organisations in three provinces, encompassing a total of 55 villages. It was documented that in the Baramulla province 1,321 bodies were found; in the Kupwara province 1,487 bodies were found; and in the Bandipora province 135 bodies were found. In 177 cases, a grave contained more then one body, resulting in the discovery of more than 420 bodies. It was alleged that approximately 99 percent of those buried were men. Gravediggers and caretakers were unable to give an exact number of bodies, given the extent of defacement of some of them. 271. The source alleges that numerous exhumed bodies that were found in unknown graves were identified as local inhabitants, both civilian and militant, who were victims of extrajudicial executions. According to the source, it was found that civilian residents from one geographic area in Kashmir were killed in another area and, at times, transferred to a third area for burial. There are allegations that some people were killed in the state of Gujarat in India, outside of Kashmir. It was alleged that security forces manufactured the identities of victims and their records of weapons possession. 272. The source further alleges that the persons who were forced to bury the dead in unmarked and unknown graves suffered psychological health impact as a consequence. Also, it is reported that, in some cases, these graveyards are placed next to schools and homes, impacting on women and children. 273. The Government has not responded to the general allegation during the reporting period. Information from the Government 274. The Government transmitted six communications to the Working Group. 275. In the first communication, dated 30 November 2010, the Government provided information on one outstanding case, which was considered insufficient to lead to its clarification. 276. In the second communication, dated 6 December 2010, the Government replied to the prompt intervention letter transmitted on 21 July 2010, regarding the arrests and detentions of Mr. Ghulam Nabi Shaheen and Mr. Mian Abdul Qayoom reportedly based on, inter alia, their work on alleged human rights violations including enforced disappearances in Kashmir. The Government reported that the individuals, who were involved in secessionist’s activities and other acts highly prejudicial to the security of the State, were 65