Geelani announces fresh protest calendar

SRINAGAR: Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Thursday issued another protest calendar against the killing of 65 people in security forces firing on protesters since mid-June.

Geelani asked people to observe complete strike and stage peaceful sit-ins on September 6. ‘‘ On September 7 and 8, people shall observe complete strike and offer special prayers for the respectable release of the detainees ,’’ the hardline leader said in a statement.

He asked the people to observe a bandh four days later and march to the United Nations office in Srinagar the following day on September 13.

A complete bandh, meanwhile , was observed against the killings across the Valley on Thursday. Authorities imposed a curfew in southern Anantnag town to prevent protests against the killing of a teenager in police firing earlier this week.