An Indian court on Wednesday ordered life in jail for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik for funding 'terrorist' activities and many other charges, prompting street protests outside his residence and condemnation from Pakistan's prime minister.
New DelhiAn Indian court on Wednesday ordered life in jail for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik for funding"terrorist" activities and many other charges, prompting street protests outside his residence and condemnation from Pakistan's prime minister.
Malik, head of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front , had pleaded guilty to the charges but on Wednesday told the special court where his trial was held that he had been practising non-violent politics in Kashmir after giving up arms in the 1990s.Mainly Hindu India has been fighting an armed militancy in Muslim-majority Kashmir, also claimed by neighboring Pakistan, for decades.
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