Srinagar, Kashmir. 11 October 2019. Protests erupt in Srinagar, in Indian administered Kashmir, on Friday after Friday prayers against the scrapping of Article 370 which guaranteed special status to the Jammu and Kashmir state. Protesters, including children, chanted slogans and raised banners calling for freedom and self-determination, also demanding the end of the restrictions, and for the UN to bring a solution to the crisis. Protesters also called for the release of Kashmiri political leaders arrested as part of the security clampdown. This Friday was the 68th consecutive day of military l


Srinagar, Kashmir. 11 October 2019. Protests erupt in Srinagar, in Indian administered Kashmir, on Friday after Friday prayers against the scrapping of Article 370 which guaranteed special status to the Jammu and Kashmir state. Protesters, including children, chanted slogans and raised banners calling for freedom and self-determination, also demanding the end of the restrictions, and for the UN to bring a solution to the crisis. Protesters also called for the release of Kashmiri political leaders arrested as part of the security clampdown. This Friday was the 68th consecutive day of military lockdown and communications blackout in the Kashmir Valley. Kashmir has been under tight security with a large number of Indian troops deployed in the streets since 5 August, when the central government abolished article 370 of the constitution


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