'Every child in Kashmir wants freedom', Hundreds rally against New Delhi
Protests were seen amid severe movement restrictions and a total communications blockade.
SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters gathered in India’s northern Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city after Friday (August 16) prayers and held an angry demonstration over New Delhi’s move to strip the Himalayan region of its special status.
Men, women, and children were also present outside the holy shrine of ‘Janaab Saab Soura’ carrying placards and banners asking United Nations to intervene and raising anti-India, pro-freedom slogans.
Protests were seen amid severe movement restrictions and a total communications blockade, triggered by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to withdraw special rights for Jammu and Kashmir, home to nearly seven million people, last week.
