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Police arrest 10 youths for anti-India protest in Kashmir

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By AIJAZ HUSSAIN
Associated Press

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in disputed Kashmir have arrested at least 10 people during overnight raids following an anti-India protest that erupted as an Indian court sentenced a prominent Kashmiri pro-independence leader to life in prison. The protest was followed by a clash between dozens of youths and government forces that broke out after the sentencing on Wednesday of Mohammed Yasin Malik. He was arrested in 2019 and was convicted last week on charges of committing terrorist acts and sedition. Police on Thursday said the youths were arrested for anti-national sloganeering and throwing stones at government forces. Police tweeted a picture of the arrested standing in a row holding their ears with both hands, in an act that is seen as public humiliation and was common in the 1990s.

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