Shops and businesses in several parts of Indian-administered Kashmir have shut down in a general strike called to protest against new laws passed by new Delhi.
The laws passed by the Indian government came into effect on Tuesday, they allow people from other parts of India to buy land in the disputed region.
Many Kashmiris fear the new law could lead to a "land grab" to change the Muslim-majority character of the region.
Al Jazeera’s Leah Harding reports.
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