Mirwaiz Umar farooq defends Kashmiri stone-pelters, says govt forcing students to take up stones

Coming out strongly in defense of stone-pelters Kashmiri students, Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday said that it was a way adopted by them to vent their anger against the system that is inimical and hostile towards them. Mirwaiz called for “blanket ban” on the freedom of expression and absence of student activism in the educational institutions was the primary factor for the ongoing students agitation in Kashmir. “There is a blanket ban on freedom of expression, even inside school premise, let alone in colleges and universities. Student activism…

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