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From Jan. 1989 to July 31, 2008
Total Killings *	92,439
Custodial Killings	6,944
Civilians Arrested	115,222
Structures Arsoned/Destroyed	105,644
Women Widowed	22,617
Children Orphaned	107,102
Women gang-raped / Molested	9,814

July 2008
Total Killings *	49
Men	40
Women	2
Children	7
Custodial Killings	2
Tortured/Critically Injured	274
Civilians Arrested	71
Structures Arsoned/Destroyed	6
Disappeared	0
Women Widowed	6
Children Orphaned	12
Women gang-raped / Molested	1

* Including custody

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Submitted by nazirahmed on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 06:15.

January 12: Ban on Plebiscite Front is not renewed when it expires.
May 17: Students in Anantnag, not far from Srinagar, protest against an image of the Holy Prophet in a children's encyclopedia. By May 20, trouble spreads to Srinagar with strikes and marches, all with a strong anti-India flavour. Total strike in Valley with public transport halted. Police opens fire and there are some deaths. By May 27, 100 have been arrested and four have died in Srinagar alone.
November 10: Prime Minister Z. A. Bhutto of Pakistan while visiting Muzaffarabad, makes highly critical speech about India's failure to hold plebiscite in Kashmir.
November 11: There are riots in Srinagar over renaming of a women's college after Jawaharlal Nehru. There is further unrest in entire Valley, which continues for next two weeks.