Termingthe first anniversary of the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A a ‘blackday,’  scores of Kashmiri students fromthe University of Hyderabad (UoH) organised online protests and events, andstarted a 10-day campaign against the abrogation.

As amark of protest against the ‘government-sponsored oppression in Jammu andKashmir,’ members of different organisations, including Jammu and Kashmir Students'Association (JKSA) and Stand With Kashmir held online protests on Wednesday.More than 3,000 students from Hyderabad and other parts of the countryparticipated in the protest. Many from the city also took to Twitter with thehashtag #KashmiriLivesMatter.

Sincelast year our lives have just gotten worse. While the rest of India was putunder lockdown since March, our lockdown precedes theirs and has lasted for ayear now,” said Hadif Nisar, president of JKSA. He said that last year, theirorganisation had led several protests in Hyderabad. “This year, due to Covid,we could not organise protests, which is why many of us came together on onlineplatforms,” added Nisar, who has now gone back to Kashmir.