Assam Congress President and MP Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday extended support to the students protesting peacefully in the capital city after the death of 24-year-old Angel Chakma, who was brutally attacked by a group of miscreants with knives and other blunt objects in Dehradun.
Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik criticised the Khalistan referendum held in Ottawa, saying peaceful protest is acceptable but such actions are seen in India as Canadian interference. He also objected to violent imagery displayed at the event and urged Canada to consider the sensitivi
A huge number of demonstrators gathered in cities and towns across the United States as part of the "No Kings" protests, a coordinated nationwide movement voicing strong opposition to President Donald Trump's administration and policies, CNN reported on Saturday (local time).
Islamabad witnessed dramatic scenes on Thursday as dozens of Kashmiri lawyers and members of the Islamabad Bar Association (IBA) were detained during a protest staged in front of the National Press Club.
Angmo has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Kavinder Gupta, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, and also the Leh District Collector, which she published on X too.
The protests, led by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC), have resulted in over half a dozen casualties and several serious injuries in the past three days, according to the sources.
Describing the events as "very unfortunate," she questioned the role of security forces. "We ask: Who gave the CRPF orders to open fire? Who shoots at their own people, their own citizens? Especially in an area where there has never been a violent demonstration," she said.
Speaking to ANI, Angmo stated that the curfew imposed on the pretext of "youth protest" is condemnable, claiming that it was "peace-loving," and that it was the CRPF's use of tear gas that inhibited the protest from being peaceful.
Speaking to ANI, Syed Naseruddin Chishty asserted that writing and speaking 'I love Muhammad' is not a crime, requesting Muslims not to let anyone take "Political advantage" from it.
"Innocent people who had come for a peaceful protest. We don't know what kind of mobilisation happened, but the violence started suddenly. Four people died there, and many were left injured. It is the darkest day in our history," Gyalson told ANI.
The protesters of Mand have alleged that Pakistani security forces and state-backed groups are employing intimidation and arrests to stifle peaceful protests against alleged extrajudicial killings of Baloch youth, as reported by Balochistan Post.