Kashmiri pro-freedom leader Syed Ali Geelani dies at 91

Veteran leader breathed his last at home in capital Srinagar where he was under house arrest

By Riyaz ul Khaliq

ANKARA (AA) - Top Kashmiri pro-freedom leader Syed Ali Geelani died late Wednesday at the age of 91, his spokesman confirmed on Twitter.

He passed away at around 10 p.m. local time (1630GMT), a brief statement said.

Geelani was suffering from many ailments and was detained in his house for the greater part of his life since 2010, when Indian-administered Kashmir witnessed a massive anti-India uprising.

The veteran Kashmiri leader started his political career as a member of Jamaat-e-Islami, and later joined the All Parties Hurriyat Conference – an amalgam of over two dozen pro-freedom groups in Indian-administered Kashmir that seek self-determination.

Later, along with another Kashmiri pro-freedom leader Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, who died earlier this year in custody, Geelani launched the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat group.

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