Quds Day rally organizers, participants in Kashmir booked under draconian law
Authorities in the Indian-administered Kashmir have booked pro-Palestinian organizers and demonstrators, filing cases against them under the pretext of “maintaining law and order.”
On Saturday, it was reported that the police in the Muslim-majority region had registered cases against the organizers and attendants of the pro-Palestinian International Quds Day processions in the region’s Budgam District, accusing them of blocking roads and promoting, what they called, “objectionable slogans.”
The police have filed First Information Reports (FIRs) against the accused over the claims.
They face charges under the “Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)” for reportedly expressing support for Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah.
The police claimed a march in Budgam’s Sonpah Village had caused disruption by blocking a road leading out of the village to the Beerwah subdistrict.
The move came amid growing public outrage in the region over the Israeli regime’s relentless United States-backed aggression across the West Asia region, including its war of genocide on the Gaza Strip, which has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people.
Elsewhere across the region, pro-Palestinian demonstrations were held during the day, the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, which has been designated by the late founder of Iran’s Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini as the International Quds Day.
The global event is held annually in the form of rallies in solidarity with the Palestinian cause of liberation from Israeli occupation and aggression.
This year, it was observed by millions across the world, including Muslim nations, with demonstrators condemning the Israeli regime’s acts of bloodletting and destruction and the US’s unbridled military and political support for the atrocities.
Regional resistance movements, including Hezbollah, have, meanwhile, been dealing significant blows to the Israeli military, exposing its vulnerabilities.
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