Protest Sit-Ins in Kashmir, India

http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/jandk/Geelani-calls-for-protest-sit-ins-at-army-camps-in-Kashmir/Article1-600918.aspx

On Thursday, Syed Ali Geelani, a separatist in Kashmir, India, called for protesters, most of them young teenagers, to block police and army camps with sit-ins. More than 90 protesters have been shot dead by police in three months. What was supposed to be a peaceful sit-in to oppose current police and army control, has now transformed into a violent protest with teenagers throwing stones at heavily armed security forces who have retaliated with tear gas, baton charges and live ammunition. All major towns in Kashmir are under curfew for the fifth day, leading to complaints from locals that they were running low on food and water. Although the government of Prime Minister Manmohan, the 14th and current Prime Minister of India, held a five-hour crisis meeting between political leaders, none of the major issues in Kashmir were adequately addressed.

This article comes from Hindustantimes.com about recent events taking place in Kasmir, India. What I found interesting about this region is that it is divided and controlled separately by Pakistan, India, and China. The part of this region that the article I referred to is controlled by India; whose official position is that Kashmir is an integral part of India. This article illustrates the major conflicts happening between these three entities. This conflict has not been uncommon in our global history, as territory and militant control has deeply dominated the cause of wars, genocides, and continental disputes. Although this location is not a place where my classmates and I are traveling, it is interesting to learn about this region that I never knew existed and is enduring such conflict. Reading that major cities have a curfew in places is quite surprising. Furthermore, it reminds me of protesters during the Vietnam War. Many young adults came out to protest the war, and there was violent retaliation from authority after doing so.