{"id":6766,"date":"2010-06-07T16:51:55","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T13:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=6766"},"modified":"2010-06-07T16:51:55","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T13:51:55","slug":"kashmir-lawmaker-placed-under-house-arrest-25625326","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/kashmir-lawmaker-placed-under-house-arrest-25625326\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir lawmaker placed under house arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\">Srinagar, June 7: In the first incident of its kind, a lawmaker of Indian Kashmir assembly, Sheikh Abdur Rashid was placed under house arrest by authorities to prevent him from staging a sit-in during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh\u2019s 2-day visit to the region against the Human Rights abuses committed by Indian soldiers.<\/h1>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6767\" title=\"srinagar protests\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/srinagar-protests.jpg\" alt=\"srinagar protests\" width=\"216\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/srinagar-protests.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/srinagar-protests-190x220.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/>Rashid, who was denied permission by the authorities to stage a sit-in in city centre on Indian premier visit to Indian Kashmir, tried to take out a procession alongwith his supporters on Monday to protest the recent killing of three youth in fake encounter by army and other Human Rights abuses committed by Indian soldiers.<\/h2>\n<p>However, the police and paramilitary soldiers, who were deployed in strength across Indian Kashmir to foil demonstrations, swung into action and place the lawmaker Rashid under house arrested and detained two dozen of his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Rashid said he had tried to stage a sit-in to  draw attention of Indian Prime Minister towards the killing of three innocent youth by Indian army in fake encounter and other Human Rights\u00a0abuses taking place in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived on a two-day visit to Kashmir amidst tight security measures.<br \/>\nCondemning the police action, the lawmaker said, \u201cIt is nothing but sham democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said he wanted to drawn attention of Indian PM towards the Human Rights\u00a0abuses being committed by Indian soldiers in the region. \u201cI wanted to remind him of his pledge of Zero tolerance towards Human Rights violations,\u201d added Rashid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Write your comments and thoughts bellow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>National Turk \/ India \u2013 Faiz Ahmad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! 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