Srinagar, July 30, 2023 (PPI-OT): Posters again appealed to people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir to observe August 5, Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir, as Black Day. On August 5, 2019, the Modi-led Hindutva regime revoked Article 370 that granted special status to the internationally recognised disputed territory 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 with pictures of illegally detained All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders Massarat Alam Butt, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Aasiya Andrabi and Nayeem Ahmed Khan, again appeared in Srinagar and other parts of the territory, rejecting the illegal and unilateral Indian actions of August 5, 2019. The posters, displayed by APHC, Falah Party Jammu and Kashmir, Justice Party Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Youth Forum, 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, Wareseen-e-Shuhada Jammu and Kashmir, Sadai-e-Mazloom Jammu and Kashmir and Kashmir Students Youth Forum in Srinagar, Islamabad, Kulgam, Shopian and other areas of the occupied territory, rejected the illegal and unilateral Indian actions of August 5, 2019.
The poster called the day as “Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir”. The posters said that masses of Jammu and Kashmir were 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. The posters urged the Indian judiciary to give an urgent hearing and disposal to the representations before the courts and restore the illegally snatched Article 370 and 35A to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
The posters also appealed to human rights organizations to send teams to IIOJK to assess the ground situation and undertake an independent assessment of those killed, injured and detained and the impact on the mental health in IIOJK. The posters said, on October 27, 1947, India had illegally invaded Jammu and Kashmir and occupied it against the will of the Kashmiri people and on August 5, 2019, it repealed its special status and merged it with the Indian Union. The posters are also seen on social media twitter, facebook and whatsapp groups.
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