Despite the Indian state's magnanimous efforts and previously falsely reporting that the march was "foiled" with curfews, AFP is reporting that the march did happen!
AFP: Thousands march after curfew lifted in Indian Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India Thousands of protesters shouting
"We want freedom" and "Blood for blood" marched through the tense streets of Muslim-majority Indian Kashmir on Saturday after authorities lifted a curfew.
Leading separatist Mirwaiz Umar Farooq led the procession of thousands of Kashmiris through the streets of downtown Srinagar, urban hub of a two-decade insurgency against New Delhi's rule that has claimed thousands of lives.
The lockdown was lifted in Srinagar late Friday and other parts of Indian Kashmir to enable people to celebrate a major Muslim festival.
Indian police and paramilitary forces have been struggling to control a wave of protests in the Kashmir valley after being accused of killing 15 civilians -- many of them teenagers -- in less than a month.
"We condemn innocent killings," Farooq chanted through a loudspeaker
as residents shouted back in unison, "
Farooq, we are with you".
The curfew had been imposed on Srinagar last Tuesday in a bid to contain protests after three people were killed in security force firing in 12 hours.
While Farooq's march remained peaceful, protesters clashed with police in several other parts of Srinagar, prompting authorities to reimpose a curfew in one district.
A curfew was also clamped back on southern Pulwama and Anantnag districts after fresh protests erupted while one remained in force in southern Kakpora and northern Sopore town.
Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan each hold Kashmir in part but claim it in full.
The nuclear-armed nations have fought two of their three wars over the Himalayan region since the subcontinent's partition in 1947.