SRINAGAR: The curfew and communications blockage in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) continues to cut off the region from the rest of the world for the 265th consecutive day on Saturday.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Indian government forces killed four Kashmiris through a gun battle in IoK during a stringent lockdown to combat the coronavirus.
The fighting broke out in a village in the southern Shopian district as police and soldiers raided a house on a tip that rebels were hiding there late on Tuesday.
According to human rights groups, thousands in Kashmir are buried in unmarked graves, most of them close to the LoC.
The people of Kashmir had urged the international community to take notice of the dilemma of the people of IoK, who have been living under absolute lockdown since 5th August when New Delhi revoked the region’s sovereign status.
A research conducted in IoK stated that Indian troops have martyred at least 93 Kashmiris, including women and teenagers during the ongoing eight-month siege and lockdown in occupied Kashmir.
At least 963 people were critically injured due to the use of brute forces, firing of bullets, pellets and teargas shells on them by the Indian military and the police in the occupied territory.
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