Pakistani security forces have been accused of fatally shooting at least 30 unarmed protesters over two days in Pakistani-administered Kashmir (a disputed Himalayan territory claimed by both Pakistan and India), according to the civil society group Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC). The killings allegedly occurred in the city of Mirpur as demonstrators rallied against electoral reforms they say give outsiders excessive control over the heavily militarised region, with JAAC claiming security forces removed bodies from the streets to destroy evidence. Pakistani authorities have denied responsibility and blamed India for instigating the unrest, while Amnesty International has called for an independent investigation and urged Islamabad to lift an ongoing internet blackout that is preventing independent verification of events on the ground.