Srinagar, July 28, 2023 (PPI-OT): Posters in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have appealed to the Kashmiri people to observe August 5, Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir, as Black Day. On August 5, 2019, the Modi-led Hindutva government revoked Article 370 that granted special status to the internationally recognised disputed territory Jammu and Kashmir and imposed a brutal military and police siege.
The appeal was made by almost all Kashmiri freedom organizations through posters, appearing in Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir valley. The posters urged people to observe August 5 as “Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir”. Posters again appeared in Srinagar and other parts of the territory, rejecting the illegal and unilateral Indian actions of August 5, 2019, and appealing to the Kashmiris to observe the day as Black Day in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The posters were displayed by All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Kashmir Political Resistance Movement, Jammu and Kashmir Justice and Peace Initiative, Nawjawanan-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Justice League Forum, Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Movement, Jammu and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Resistance Party, Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Movement, Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Youth Forum, Vareseen-e-Shuhada Jammu and Kashmir and Sadai-e-Mazloom Jammu and Kashmir. The poster called the day as “Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir”. The posters said that masses of Jammu and Kashmir are demanding reversing of actions of 5th August 2019, resolution of the Kashmir dispute as per the United Nations resolutions, release of all political detainees and end to human rights violations by Indian troops in IIOJK.
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