Monday, November 01, 2010

India accused of abuses after clashes in Kashmir (video)

Just about the only people around here who have got anything positive to say about the violence in Kashmir this summer are the folks at the Olympic Cricket Shop.

It's not that anyone is playing cricket in Srinagar, the capital of India's most northern state, Jammu and Kashmir. It is probably too dangerous for that. Clashes between rock-throwing Kashmiris and the police take place on a near daily basis.

Instead local journalists, who service a surprisingly vibrant newspaper scene, have been turning up at the "Olympic" to get themselves protected. Cricket helmets, chest protectors and leg-pads are a good way to absorb the force of flying rubble or the impact of a police truncheon. More + video...

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