Separatist strike cripples Indian Kashmir

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A strike to demand the release of political prisoners shut down Indian Kashmir on Tuesday, as the chief minister warned that protests were denying an entire generation a proper education. The two-day stoppage, called by separatist groups opposed to Indian rule in the Muslim-majority region, closed businesses, schools and banks in the main city Srinagar and other towns. “The strike is to demand the release of political prisoners who have been languishing in jails for years without any justification,” said Ayaz Akbar, a spokesman for hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani.
Geelani, who favours the region’s accession to Pakistan, has been under almost constant house arrest for the past year, with the authorities accusing him of seeking to incite violence. The separatist-led strike coincided with a wage-related stoppage by government employees.

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2 COMMENTS

  1. where is united nation? why the western world is so quite about the issue of ethnic cleansing of kashmirs from the hands of indean army, why there is no hague tribunal to try those indians who committed crimes against humanity, or may be the indians are the best friends of those (USA) who invented gontamo torture cells, supported by their English and european partners – they are indeed all partners in crime against humanity, we must raise against them in the streets of america, europe and every where . . . . . . Its a call on all decent segments of society, please wakeuL, lets be counted for . . . let the history remeber us standing among those who stood up to these supressions and NOT with those who sided with these criminals who are commiting crime against humainty on the name of democracy and civilization . . .WAKE-UP

  2. u shld be ashamed pakistan today….hw long u fckin people keep spreading wrong news
    wht is the heading…yaa…"separatist-strike-cripples-indian-kashmir"……AND NTHING HPPND HERE…….keep telling lies to pakitaanis…….but the world is not blind……

    stop shouting kashmir-kashmir everywhere…..concentrate developing ur country UR PEOPLE…….
    OTHERWISE EVEN AFTER 50 YEARS…..U'LL KEEP SHOUTING KASHMIR KASHMIR
    ……all d best for future……think about ur country first..thn think abt kashmir…..

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