Kashmiri martyrs of July 1931 made great history of sacrifices: Ali Raza Syed
Brussels: Chairman of Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) Ali Raza Syed has said that Kashmiri martyrs of 13 July 1931 made a great history of sacrifices, we cannot forget these martyrs.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Chair of KE-EU this said while addressing a meeting of the core committee of KCEU in Brussels on occasion of the martyrdom day in remembrance of martyrs of 13 July 1931 of Srinagar. He said, by providing their bloods these martyrs provided the foundation of the freedom movement.
It is important to mention that on 13 July 1931, a large number of Kashmiris flocked to the central jail in Srinagar to see the trial of a Kashmiri namely Abdul Qadeer. Then Dogra ruler of Jammu and Kashmir ordered his soldiers to open fire on them, in total 22 Kashmiris died in the firing.
The Chairman of KE-EU asked the international community, including the EU, to play their role for implementation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions, and the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights giving the right to self-determination to the Kashmiri people.
Ali Raza Syed called India for withdrawal of its occupation forces, an end to its state terrorism, end of genocidal repression, rape, gang-rape, torture, and degrading treatment with men, women, and children in the occupied Kashmir.
Other participants of the meeting said, atrocities committed by the Indian forces against the oppressed Kashmiris are rapidly going on and especially increased when the Indian Modi regime revoked special status of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019.
They called for unconditional release of all Kashmiri prisoners including political figures and human rights defenders Yasin Malik, Shabbir Ahmad Shah and Khurram Parvez.
They specifically appealed for immediate release of Kashmiri Freedom leader Farooq Ahmad Dar, who is critically ill in the Indian prison.
They also urged the international community to play its role for a peaceful resolution of Kashmir.
