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Summary Shops and businesses have been shut in Indian-held Kashmir during a strike.
The strike was held to protest the U.S. prison sentence given to a Kashmir-born leader in the US.A court in the state of Virginia sentenced Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai of the Kashmiri American Council to two years in prison on March 30.He allegedly admitted he concealed financial links while he presented himself as an independent voice on Kashmirs behalf.Saturdays strike was called by a top Kashmiri liberation leader. Syed Ali Shah Geelani called the U.S. court decision unfortunate and extreme.Public transport was off the roads and schools were closed in Srinagar, the main city in Kashmir.
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