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Heavy-handed security tactics are not new in Kashmir

پھر گھروں میں محصور ہوئے کشمیریوں کو کون یادرکھے گا Farhan Farooq, a skinny 13-year-old with a tuft of black hair, was the youngest. Suddenly, a police vehicle came to a stop next to them and armed officers jumped out. They bundled the three friends into the car, one of the other boys recalled later. Farhan began to cry. For the next week, Farhan’s family said,  he was held in a jail cell at the local police station in this Kashmiri town 10 miles outside of Srinagar, part of a sweeping crackdown by Indian authorities in the wake of the government’s decision to strip Kashmir of its autonomy and statehood.  Farhan was among some 3,000 people detained in Kashmir since Aug. 5, according to an estimate from a senior local government official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the matter. It is unclear how many of the detainees were minors, but The Washington Post has confirmed ...
University of Haripur intends to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day on Tuseday 6th August 2019 , 2 Minutes silence shall be observed in order to pay tribute to Martyrs in Indian Held Kashmir. Students and Teacher farm human chain on campuses and walk arranged to show Solidarity with our Kashmiri Brethren .