Demonstrations Held in Kashmir Against Human Rights Violations

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - DECEMBER 10: A relative of a missing person attends a protest demonstration organized by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) to mark World Human Rights Day on December 10, 2014 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir State, India. The objective of the demonstration is to draw the world attention towards what they say is the gross human rights violations by Indian troops in Kashmir. The group says that 8,000 people are missing since the insurgency began and they believe most have been taken by Indian military forces and never returned. Since 1989, Kashmir has been a state under siege, with both India and Pakistan laying claim to it. Human rights organizations say more than 80,000 have died in the two decade long conflict with the Indian government claiming the number as 40,000. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)