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Anti-India protest demos on Eid-ul-Fitr in held Kashmir

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, the Eid-ul-Fitr, today, was marked with massive Eid gatherings, anti-India protests and clashes between the Indian police and demonstrators.Indian troops after using brute force foiled an attempt by a large number of people to break the police siege around the residence of senior Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani to bring him out for Eid prayers. Dozens of people were injured on the occasion and many were arrested. The senior leader continued to remain under house arrest for the 12th day, today.Thousands of people, chanting pro-freedom slogans, took out a procession from Eidgah in Srinagar, which was intercepted by the police at Kawdara. The troops resorted to heavy baton charge to break up a demonstration in Lal Chowk. People took to the streets in Sopore, Baramulla, Islamabad and other towns and cities to protest against the Indian state terrorism.Addressing a gathering of hundreds of thousands of people in Eidgah, the APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq reaffirmed Kashmiris' resolve to continue the liberation struggle till it reached its logical conclusion. He denounced the restrictions on Syed Ali Gilani and continued detention of Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Mussarat Aalam Butt and Mohammad Salim Nunnaji. Mirwaiz hoped that Pakistani and Indian leaders would sit together on the sidelines of the forthcoming UN General Assembly session in New York and would agree upon ways to resolve the Kashmir dispute.Addressing a similar Eid congregation in Budgam, APHC leader, Syed Agha Hassan Al-Moosvi said India would not be able to suppress Kashmiris liberation struggle by brute force.
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