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Hundreds of protestors clash with police in occupied Kashmir
[DAWN] Hundreds of protesters in Indian-Indian Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... e clashed with police on Friday, even as New Delhi said it would begin restoring phone lines after a 12-day communications blackout. With the central government fearing protests and unrest, the Moslem-majority region has been under lockdown since the first week of August, when the Indian government stripped the region of its autonomy. Police fired tear gas and pellet-firing shotguns to disperse residents who tried to march down the main road in the main city of Srinagar after Friday prayers. Protesters hurled stones and used shop hoardings and tin sheets as improvised shields, as police shot dozens of rounds into the crowd. No injuries were reported. "We are trying to breach the siege and march to the city centre but police is using force to stop us," one protester told AFP, adding that three people were maimed in Thursday's festivities with coppers and reservists. Related: Kashmir: 2019-08-15 OIC expresses concern over India's denial of Kashmiris' religious rights Kashmir: 2019-08-15 'Every brick will be countered with a stone,' PM Imran warns Modi against action in AJK Kashmir: 2019-08-15 Bilawal raises doubts over govt’s sincerity with Kashmir cause Posted by: Fred 2019-08-17 |
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