APHC calls for observance of global Black Day on October 27
Srinagar: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has urged Kashmiris in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir and across the world to observe Black Day on October 27, marking the dark anniversary of India’s military invasion of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947.
According to Kashmir Media Service, October 27 symbolizes the beginning of India’s illegal occupation—carried out in violation of the Partition Plan and against the will of the Kashmiri people.
In a statement in Srinagar, APHC spokesman Abdul Rashid Minhas said the day should serve as a global reminder of the urgent need to resolve the Kashmir dispute in accordance with UN resolutions. He emphasized that while Kashmiris continue their peaceful demand for the UN-promised right to self-determination, India meets them with brutal military repression.
“Kashmir today is a military garrison,” the statement said, where extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, house raids, torture, and property seizures have become routine under India’s colonial grip.
Reaffirming its unwavering resolve, the APHC condemned India’s continued crackdown on dissent—including banning pro-freedom parties, sealing homes of Hurriyat leaders, and silencing voices of resistance. The August 5, 2019 move to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status was labeled “illegal” and an assault on the region’s Muslim identity.
The APHC warned that the BJP-RSS regime is engineering settler colonialism in IIOJK, mirroring the Israeli model in occupied Palestine, and called for a united front to resist this demographic and cultural onslaught.
The APHC appealed to the United Nations to take urgent cognizance of India’s actions and uphold its responsibility by facilitating a just resolution to the Kashmir dispute in line with international law and Security Council resolutions.
