The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on October 24 accused the Lieutenant-Governor’s (L-G) administration in Jammu & Kashmir of denying the party permission to hold peaceful protests over civilian deaths in Palestine, and detaining party leaders.
“Our party general secretaries, Ghulam Nabi Hanjura and Mehboob Beg, have been placed under house arrest. Several leaders, including elected District Development Council members, have been either detained and asked to report to police stations in Kashmir. They wanted to protest against oppression in Palestine. The administration is denying us the space to carry out peaceful protests over what is happening in Palestine,” PDP leader Iltiha Mufti said.
Ms. Mufti said over 1,500 children had been killed in Israeli attacks in Palestine and even phosphorous bombs had been used against civilians.
