4 more dead in Kashmir as violence continues and death toll rises to 55...

The deaths of four protesters today (Aug 13), killed in anti-India protests, underlines that Kashmir’s troubled and tormented valleys have seen their worst days in the past two years. After a tear gas shell hurled by police during protests in the Kashmiri capital of Srignar killed a 17-year old student on 11 June, hell broke loose. Angry young protesters stormed the streets, pelting policeman with rocks and 60 anti-India Muslim protesters have been arrested. Kashmir has had a long history of conflict ever since India and Pakistan’s partition. A 2009 Indian Human Rights report suggests 47,000 people, mostly civilians protesting, have been killed in militancy related incidents in India-administered Kashmir since the late 1980′s.

Since 11 June, the demonstrators’ death toll has risen to at lead 55. More...

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