PDP president Mehbooba Mufti have raised questions against arrest of people for holding protests. The protests are held against Israel over the Middle-East conflict during a corona curfew in the Union Territory.

Mufti took it Twitter, critizing the cruel act of Kashmir Police. The PDP president wrote "People all over the world are protesting against the atrocities committed by Israel on Palestine. But in Kashmir it's a punishable offence where an artist is booked under PSA & a preacher is arrested simply for expressing solidarity with Palestinians.” The police arrested 21 persons from Srinagar and Shopian districts for holding pro-Palestine protests. The protest is violation of curfew imposed in the UT due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The police also arrested a South Kashmir-based religious preacher Sarjan Barkati for allegedly delivering an inflammatory speech on Eid day. Barkati had expressed support for the people of Palestine.

The PDP leader alleged that "Kashmir is an open-air prison and "there is no outlet left to express one's opinion". The detention of two sons of late separatist leader Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai was also referred. The two were detained from their residence in the Barzulla area of the city late Saturday evening. The officials said that in connection with a case registered by police in Kupwara district on May 6 after pro-freedom slogans were raised at the separatist leader's funeral, they were detained.

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