IMC India - Kashmir: Seperatist leader Yasin Malik arrested

Kashmir: Seperatist leader Yasin Malik arrested
By Devin Asch 25/03/2002 At 14:45

Photo: Malik center reads a statement at a press conference in Dec. 2001 (With link to more Kashmir photos by Devin Asch)

Kashmir: Seperatist leader Yasin Malik arrested

A leading Kashmiri separatist, Yasin Malik, has been arrested by police in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Mr Malik, who heads the separatist Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was addressing a press conference in Srinagar when police forced their way in.

"The press can wait, we cannot!" shouted police superintendant Tanveer Geelani as scuffles broke out.

Yasin Malik's JKLF is one of the oldest separatist organisations and favours the independence of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan.

A branch of the JKLF is based in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and is headed by Amanullah Khan.

The JKLF declared a unilateral ceasefire in 1994 and since then has concentrated on pushing their cause politically.

Mr Malik himself has been arrested and detained several times in the past. -BBC 3/25/02

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Elka 25/03/2002 15:01

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India will divide

jagjit singh 25/03/2002 23:07

India has reached a new low and this will help us free kashmir and Khalistan.
GHANDI KO CHODO....
All the minorities are fed up with extremust hindus.
this time, sikh will side with Muslims and teach hindus an unforgivable lesson.