On World Human Rights Day, the Kashmir region remained shut and public transport was off the roads due to a bandh call given by the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) to protest the life sentences pronounced on former militants.
Shops and businesses in the main commercial areas of Srinagar remained closed and major markets wore a deserted look as residents remained indoors. Private vehicles were plying on several routes around the city.
Reports of shutdown, with varying effect, were also received from other parts of the region. In north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the shutdown affected the public transport system and many shops remained closed.
The shutdown — coinciding with World Human Rights Day, which is observed annually on December 10, was called by the JKLF last week when two of its members, Sheikh Nazir and Showkat Ahmad Khan, both former militants, were sentenced life terms by a Jammu court. Nazir is the JKLF’s executive member.
The JKLF’s call for a Kashmir bandh to protest against a sudden spate in pronouncement of life sentences against several former militants, including Ashiq Hussain Faktoo, was supported by both the factions of the Hurriyat Conference.
The separatist group had also called for a series of small protests which included a march to Lal Chowk on Friday last, which was foiled by the police, a day-long hunger strike today and a torch march later in the evening.
Around 100 JKLF members sat on a hunger strike at the Maisuma area of Srinagar.
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