Kashmir Lockdown: 500 Incidents Of Protests Recorded.
Demonstrators shout slogans during an anti-India protest in Lahore on August 27, 2019, as they condemn India’s decision to strip the disputed Kashmir region of its special autonomy and impose a lockdown earlier this month. PHOTO: ARIF ALI / AFPAt least 500 incidents of protest have broken out in Indian Kashmir since New Delhi stripped the region of its autonomy and imposed a military clampdown more than three weeks ago, a senior government source told AFP Wednesday.
But protests have broken out, including in the main city of Srinagar, with police using pellet guns and tear gas to disperse the crowds. “The number of protests could be much higher and bigger without the blockade in force,” the official told AFP, adding that “anger and public defiance is constantly rising”.
Meanwhile, residents are refusing to resume their normal lives in an act of defiance, an AFP reporter in Srinagar said.
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