Protests, Functions held on Human Rights Day in Valley

Protests and official functions marked Human Rights Day in the Kashmir valley today. Independent legislator Engineer Rashid was detained when he tried to take out a march towards the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) office here. A spokesman of the Awami Itihaad Party said that Rashid was detained by the police at Rajbagh in Srinagar while he was leading a protest march against “unabated human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir.” Pro-freedom leaders and activists of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front were also detained when they tried to march towards…

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