Martyrs are symbols of Kashmiris’ resistance against Indian occupation: APHC
Srinagar: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has said that Kashmiri martyrs, including the martyred youth leader Burhan Wani, are symbols of the Kashmiris’ resistance against the Indian occupation of their motherland, vowing that their sacrifices will be safeguarded at all costs.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas, in a statement issued in Srinagar, hailed the 9th martyrdom anniversary of Burhan Wani, praising his courage and enduring inspiration for Kashmiri youth.
Wani and his two associates were martyred by Indian troops in a fake encounter in the Kokernag area of Islamabad district on July 8, 2016.
His extrajudicial killing triggered a mass uprising in IIOJK, and in the ensuing months, Indian troops martyred over 150 innocent Kashmiris by firing bullets, pellets, and teargas shells on peaceful protesters.
Hurriyat leaders, in their separate statements in Srinagar, said that Burhan Wani’s martyrdom day would be observed as Youm-e-Tajdeed-e-Ahad on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) to reaffirm the pledge to take the martyrs’ mission to its logical conclusion.
They said that Burhan Wani was an institution in himself, who gave a new dimension to the Kashmiris’ liberation struggle, and would be remembered as an icon of the Kashmir resistance movement. “Kashmiris owe a debt of gratitude to the hundreds and thousands of martyrs who sacrificed their youthful lives for our freedom. It is these sacrifices that have brought Kashmir into the international limelight,” they said.
