June 11, 2012
A strike called by Kashmiris to honor people killed during a 2010 protest shut down most of Srinagar on Monday. With no public transportation even government employees could not get to work.
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard at a closed market during a strike in Srinagar, India, Monday, June 11, 2012.
June 11, 2012
A strike called by Kashmiris to honor people killed during a 2010 protest shut down most of Srinagar on Monday. With no public transportation even government employees could not get to work.
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard at a closed market during a strike in Srinagar, India, Monday, June 11, 2012.
Armed police are patrolling Kashmir's main city of Srinagar where schools and some shops are shut in a strike called to honor people killed in 2010 protesting Indian rule over the Himalayan territory.
A lack of public transport prevented government employees from getting to work Monday. Some shop owners ignored the strike and opened their businesses.
Kashmiris play a cricket during a one day strike, to commemorate the killing of dozens of local youth in alleged police actions during the 2008-2010 civilian unrest, called by hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Srinagar on June 11,2012.
Anti-India sentiment runs deep in Kashmir, with frequent street protests by rock-throwing youths. An Indian crackdown against one protest in 2010 killed at least 112 people.
Indian members of the Association of Parents of Disappeared People (APDP) sit during a protest to demand information of the whereabouts of a missing relative in Srinagar on June 10, 2012.
A violent uprising started in 1989 was mostly suppressed, but left some 68,000 dead in separatist violence and ensuing crackdowns. Kashmir remains divided between India and Pakistan.
