This video shows Indian students protesting against right-wing groups -- it has nothing to do with Jammu and Kashmir

The two minute twenty eight second video was published here in a Facebook post on August 15, 2019. It has been viewed more than 194,000 times and shared more than 12,000 times.

Below is a screenshot of the misleading Facebook post:

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Screenshot of misleading Facebook post

The post's caption states: “Aligarh Muslim university of India stand with the people of Jammu kashmir, people are chanting freedom slogans... Free Jammu Kashmir.”

Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) refers to a university located in the city of Aligarh in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The video corresponds with Google user images tagged at the university's location here on Google maps, including this one. 

India revoked Kashmir's special autonomy on August 5. This AFP report gives details of the developments. Phone and internet services were subsequently cut in the state.

In the video in the misleading post, protesters can be heard chanting:  "We will take freedom, from- Caste-based reservation, right-wing, oppression, saffron goons whether you shoot us, whether you suppress our voice, we will take freedom. Raise your voice, shout at BJP, Reservation. Long live revolution, long live students union."

The same video has also been shared here and here on Facebook, and here on Twitter alongside a similar claim.

The claim is false; the video has circulated online since 2018 in reports about AMU students protesting over a separate issue.

It shows AMU students rallying against right-wing groups after they attempted to remove a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah -- Pakistan’s first leader -- from a building on campus.

A Google reverse image search found the video that was contained in the misleading post was published here on YouTube on May 4, 2018.