Srinagar/Dec, 10: A shutdown called by Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Shah Geelani the Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman, Mirwaiz Molvi Umar Farooq the Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Nd Mohammad Yaseen Malik the JKLF Chairman on the eve of world human rights day on Monday hit normal life across Kashmir.
The call for shutdown was issued by JRL against alleged grave human rights abuses in Kashmir .
All shops and other commercial establishments are closed in Srinagar and other district headquarters of the valley.
Public transport is off the roads while a skeletal movement of private vehicles was witnessed in uptown areas of Srinagar city.
Besides the shutdown, the JRL has asked people to observe December 10 (International Human Rights Day) as a black day.
The leadership also appealed international human rights agencies to take note of “grave” human rights violations taking place in Kashmir and pressurise India to stop the violations, said the JRL, in a statement last week.