In Indian administered Kashmir (IaK), Indian police resorted to brute force to disperse an anti-India demonstration in Sopore on Friday,TNA quotes from KMS.
The police used batons and tear gas shells against peaceful protesters in the town. Similar demonstration was held in Shopian. The protesters raised high-pitched pro-liberation slogans, on the occasion.
Senior APHC leader, Aga Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi addressing Friday Prayers in Budgam strongly denounced the gross human rights violations being perpetrated by Indian troops in the occupied territory.
The indian authorities placed senior APHC leader, Shabbir Ahmed Shah under house arrest to prevent him from addressing a public gathering at Dargah Hazratbal in Srinagar.
He has not been allowed to offer Juma prayers for the last 12 consecutive weeks. The APHC-AJK Convenor, Mehmood Ahmed Saghar in a statement strongly denounced the action.
An Indian trooper committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon inside an army camp at Nagrota in Jammu. This raised the number of such deaths amongst Indian troops and police personnel to 205 since January 2007.
In London, the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, addressing a function urged India to create a conducive atmosphere for tripartite dialogue to settle the Kashmir dispute. He said that the Kashmiris had been continuing their liberation struggle peacefully but India had chosen the path of violence to silence their voice.
Speaking on the occasion, the Executive Director of Kashmir Centre Washington, Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir had been engaged in a massive, indigenous and non-violent struggle to secure their inalienable right to self-determination.