*SRINAGAR: Thousands take to the streets protesting the illegal occupationof Kashmir by India after the abrogation of articles 370 and clause 35-A ofthe Indian constitution.*
The article allowed the state to have its own constitution, a separate flagand independence over all matters except foreign affairs, defence andcommunications.
Women lead the procession chanting and sloganeering against the tyrannicaland hegemonic designs of the current Indian government and the usurpationof their due rights.
In Occupied Kashmir, Hurriyat leaders had appealed to the civil society ofKashmir Valley, Jammu and Kargil including lawyers, journalists, traders,transporters to come out on streets and raise their voice for theirinalienable right to self-determination.
In a joint statement issued in Srinagar, they urged the people to protestagainst the Indian nefarious design to change the special status of Jammuand Kashmir.