Partial Muharram ban in Srinagar; lakhs of mourners attend tazia procession elsewhere in J&K
Zuljinah and tazia processions and ‘sham-e-garibaan’ rallies were permitted in predominantly Shia areas of Srinagar including Zadibal
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Zuljinah and tazia processions and ‘sham-e-garibaan’ rallies were permitted in predominantly Shia areas of Srinagar including Zadibal
Thousands of Shia mourners turned up for Zuljinah processions in Kargl town of Ladakh and J&K’s winter capital Jammu
>> incredible footage. joining me now from hong kong, thousands are conducting a vigil today. ian, great to see you. that moment with tom is just such a classic of what it was like in the field, trying to get around the censureship in china back 25 years ago. >> reporter: that's right. and of course, even today the chinese communist party are trying to deny it happened, erase it from history. it's not just the big security clampdown you see today, the arrest of activists, the security in tiananmen square and the heavy censureship of the media and internet. china is trying to erase this from hi...
Other people, which are absolutely not true. >> and it's -- unfortunately it's kind of a bipartisan deterioration. chief, this will come down to something that michael chertoff mentioned a couple minutes ago, better detection of people like this. there's also just a heartfelt reaction that people have which is, wow, are we safe even in movie theaters for a movie premiere. to the extent that there is an overreaction here about kind of a security clampdown, does that make any difference? >> we are safe, that's the reality, safe from terrorism, safe from these events. there are 300 million of us....
>> and it's -- unfortunately it's kind of a bipartisan deterioration. chief, this will come down to something that michael chertoff mentioned a couple minutes ago, better detection of people like this. there's also just a heartfelt reaction that people have which is, wow, are we safe even in movie theaters for a movie premiere. to the extent that there is an overreaction here about kind of a security clampdown, does that make any difference? >> we are safe, that's the reality, safe from terrorism, safe from these events. there are 300 million of us. and while we all feel for this event, realit...