The celebrations were cancelled after remains of almost 1,000 children were discovered at former Indigenous schools, sparking a reckoning with the country's colonial past.
Nearly 200 unmarked graves have been discovered near another school site in Canada, the third such find during the past one month.
Mushtaq Ahmed Wani and six others were charged under harsh anti-terror law in the annexed region after Indian soldiers fatally shot his 16-year-old son and denied him a proper funeral.
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