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Rape ignites protests and violence in Indian administered Kashmir

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The audio here is FSRN’s own production recording. Originally published June 16, 2009.

In Indian administered Kashmir, protests continue as well as battles between police and civilians. The rape and murder of two Kashmiri women continues to bring people out on the streets and the government has responded with bullets, and undeclared curfews.  Civilians are reporting excessive use of force. From Srinagar, Shahnawaz Khan reports.