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PoK protests kill over one hundred in two months
NDTV··3 Aug
Over one hundred people have been killed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in two months of clashes between security forces and protesters led by the Joint Awami Action Committee. At least fifty deaths occurred in one week in the region of about 4.5 million people where elections are underway. A Rawalakot doctor said most killed or seriously injured civilians are aged.
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What It Means For You
- Kashmir watchers can follow unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir where protests over power, flour and rights have turned deadly.
- Anyone tracking India-Pakistan relations may note how PoK instability intersects with elections and security tensions along the LoC.
- Humanitarian observers can see reports that most casualties in Rawalakot protests are men aged fifteen to thirty-five.
What's Happening
- Over one hundred people have been killed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in two months of clashes between security forces and protesters led by the Joint Awami Action Committee.
- At least fifty deaths occurred in one week in the region home to about 4.5 million people where elections are underway.
- A doctor in Rawalakot said most killed or seriously injured civilians are young people between about fifteen and thirty-five years old.
Rawalakot Clinic Treats Teen Protest Casualties
- Protesters demand affordable flour, electricity and basic rights, citing an October agreement with Pakistan that JAAC says was not implemented.
- Local authorities say the banned group is armed and protests aim to disrupt polls; protesters deny attacking security forces.
- Former Jammu and Kashmir DGP SP Vaid noted mosques once used to lure youth across the LoC now echo calls against Pakistani forces.
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