In occupied Kashmir, all major cities and towns including Srinagar, Baramulla, Sopore, Islamabad, Pulwama and Qazigund were rocked, today, by forceful demonstrations against the holding of farcical polls.
Dozens of people were injured in clashes between the demonstrators and the Indian police personnel, who resorted to heavy lathi-charge and excessive tear-gassing. The protesters raised high-pitched slogans in favour of freedom and against fake elections. The Bar Association staged a protest at the court premises in Srinagar.
Earlier, the occupation authorities had placed under house arrest several Hurriyet leaders and activists including the APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Gilani. Muhammad Yasin Malik, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Yasmeen Raja and Farida Behnji were also put under house arrest. They were not allowed even to offer Juma prayers. Indian police personnel arrested APHC leader, Zafar Akbar Butt while leading an anti-0election procession in Islamabad town. Another Hurriyet leader, Firdous Ahmed Shah was arrested from his residence in Srinagar. The JKLF-R took out a procession at Kokar Bazar in Srinagar.
The APHC Chairman in a media interview in Srinagar strongly condemned the use of undemocratic methods by Indian authorities to prevent Hurriyet leaders from reaching to people with their anti-election campaign. The Executive Director of Kashmir Centre London, Professor Nazir Ahmed Shawl in a statement took strong exception to the arrests of Hurriyet leaders.
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Assalamualaikum. You are one of those blogger on Kashmir, which i really like and come back to read regularly. As a Muslim in India, the news i hear about the Muslims in Kashmir is always twisted tales by Indian media. So i would request you to keep Muslims like me updated about the situation their. And if possible also send me names of some books and links which i can read to get the history of Kashmir and the conflict their. jazakallah.
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