Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-controlled Kashmir - May 2, 2025 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of protesters holding banner, waving flags
2. SOUNDBITE (Kashmiri, dubbed in English) Shaukat Javed Mir, local resident:
"They've targeted Kashmir's economy by attacking the saffron, apple, and tourism industries. Even on this side, tourism was thriving in the Neelum, Leepa, Banjosa, and Rawalakot valleys."
3. Various of protesters marching, waving flags
4. SOUNDBITE (Kashmiri, dubbed in English) Uzair Ahmad Ghazali, chairman, Pasban-e-Hurriyat (starting with shot 3):
"I want to tell the world -- China, the U.S., the UK, the United Nations, the European Union, and the OIC -- that if they truly want peace in this region, they must help resolve the Kashmir issue."
5. Various of protesters

Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-controlled Kashmir - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of Jhelum River

Tensions are once again flaring in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, where protesters are urging the United Nations to act against what they call a brutal crackdown by Indian forces.

A major protest erupted in Muzaffarabad of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Friday, which was organized by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, an alliance of 26 political, social and religious organizations formed on 9 March 1993, as a united political front to raise the cause of Kashmiri independence in the Kashmir conflict.

Protesters represented a cross-section of society -- students, traders, transporters, and families torn by the Line of Control, the de facto border that divides the disputed region of Kashmir between the two South Asian neighbors.

"They've targeted Kashmir's economy by attacking the saffron, apple, and tourism industries. Even on this side, tourism was thriving in the Neelum, Leepa, Banjosa, and Rawalakot valleys," said Shaukat Javed Mir, a local resident participating in Friday's protest.

Demonstrators were calling on the United Nations to intervene. They said their relatives in Indian-administered Kashmir are facing harassment, arbitrary arrests, and collective punishment in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack.

Kashmiri leader Uzair Ahmad Ghazali has written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, urging an independent probe and international pressure to be placed on India to stop what protesters call a campaign of repression.

"I want to tell the world -- China, the U.S., the UK, the United Nations, the European Union, and the OIC -- that if they truly want peace in this region, they must help resolve the Kashmir issue," said Ghazali, who is the chairman of the Pasban-e-Hurriyat, a Kashmiri refugee organization.

As homes are demolished, arrests mount, and fears of war escalate, Kashmiris in Muzaffarabad say the world can no longer afford to stay silent, because if Kashmir is forgotten again, the consequences may reach far beyond its mountains.

India blames Pakistan for the gun attack that killed 26 people on April 22 in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Denying any involvement in the attack, Pakistan has said it has "credible evidence" that India is now planning an imminent military strike, promising that "any act of aggression will be met with a decisive response".