SRINAGAR – In occupied Kashmir, life remained paralyzed on the 110thstraight day, today, due to continued military lockdown by India.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the people of the occupied Kashmircontinue to suffer immensely due to suspension of prepaid mobile andinternet services.
The shops, which used to open for few hours in the morning and evening,remained closed even for this brief duration in reaction to the Indian HomeMinister Amit Shah’s recent false claim that everything is normal in theterritory.
The occupation authorities did not allow people to offer Juma prayers atSrinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid and many other major mosques of theKashmir Valley on the 16th consecutive Friday, today.
People staged forceful demonstrations after the Juma congregationalprayers, today, in Srinagar, Badgam, Ganderbal, Islamabad, Pulwama, Kulgam,Shopian, Bandipora, Baramulla, Kupwara and other areas of the occupiedterritory to show their resentment against the Indian occupation.
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The protesters raised high-pitched pro-freedom and anti-India slogans.Indian police and troops used brute force on demonstrators at many places,injuring many of them.
Hurriyat leaders and organizations including Syed Faiz Naqshbandi, AbdulMajeed Malik, Zahid Ashraf and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League in theirseparate statements issued in Islamabad expressed serious concern over theincrease in Indian brutalities in occupied Kashmir.
They appealed to the international community to send their teams to takestock of the ground situation of the occupied territory.