Human rights day marked by protests in Kashmir

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Relatives of a disappeared Kashmiri youth hold photographs of the missing during a protest on International Human Rights Day.

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Relatives of a disappeared Kashmiri youth hold photographs of the missing during a protest on International Human Rights Day.

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Relatives of a disappeared Kashmiri youth hold photographs of the missing during a protest on International Human Rights Day.

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Relatives of a disappeared Kashmiri youth hold photographs of the missing during a protest on International Human Rights Day.

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Relatives of a disappeared Kashmiri youth hold photographs of the missing during a protest on International Human Rights Day.

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Relatives of a disappeared Kashmiri youth hold photographs of the missing during a protest on International Human Rights Day.

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Demonstrator with placard, "We cannot forget the past as it is the strength for our future" during a protest on International Human Rights Day.

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Supporters of Kashmiri lawmaker Sheikh Abdul Rashid, commonly known as Engineer Rashid, shout slogans against the government during a demonstration to mark International Human Rights Day.

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Supporters of Kashmiri lawmaker Sheikh Abdul Rashid, commonly known as Engineer Rashid, shout slogans against the government during a demonstration to mark International Human Rights Day.

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A Supporter of Kashmiri lawmaker Sheikh Abdul Rashid, commonly known as Engineer Rashid, listens to a speech during a demonstration to mark International Human Rights Day.

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Supporters of Kashmiri lawmaker Sheikh Abdul Rashid, commonly known as Engineer Rashid, shout slogans against the government during a demonstration to mark International Human Rights Day.

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Supporters of Kashmiri lawmaker Sheikh Abdul Rashid, commonly known as Engineer Rashid, hold banners during a demonstration to mark International Human Rights Day.

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Protests, seminars and conferences marked the international human rights day observed across the globe on December 10. In Kashmir the day was started with the silent protest by APDP. here.
Chairperson APDP, Parveena Ahangar reiterated her demand of setting up an independent commission to look into the issue of enforced disappearances. “We don’t want money or jobs, we want to know the whereabouts of our dear ones,” Ahangar said in her speech.

The APDP members had assembled here to protest against the enforced disappearances in Kashmir. The protesters were wearing black pherans and candles in their hands in order to observe this day as black day.

Meanwhile, Er Sheikh Abdul Rashed, independent MLA from Langate constituency, led a candle light demonstration against human rights violation and urged the civil society to pressurize the Centre for revoking AFSPA in the state.

He alleged the state government of double speak and said that they speak one language in Kashmir and other in New Delhi, in order to keep their bosses happy. “We will fight till or end through democratic means. If they will not listen we will go for undemocratic means as well,” Rashid warbed.