Pro-independence Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Mohammed Yasin Malik, center, lies on hunger strike unto death as a doctor examines him outside the party headquarters in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008. Tens of thousands of demonstrators paralyzed cities in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday with protests against what they charge is a government plan to build Hindu settlements to change the religious balance in the Muslim-majority region. AP Photo logo AP Photo 42 months ago

Pro-independence Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Mohammed Yasin Malik, center, lies on hunger strike unto death as a doctor examines him outside the party headquarters in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008. Tens of thousands of demonstrators paralyzed cities in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday with protests against what they charge is a government plan to build Hindu settlements to change the religious balance in the Muslim-majority region.