APHC urges people to observe Black Day on August 5
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Srinagar: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has appealed to the people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Kashmiris living all over the world to observe August 5, Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir, as Black Day to convey a strong message to the world that Kashmiris do not accept India’s illegal occupation of their motherland and will continue their struggle till the achievement of their inalienable right to self-determination.
According to Kashmir Media Service, APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas in a statement in Srinagar appealed to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to observe August 5 as Black Day. He said, “The people of IIOJK will continue their struggle till they achieve their legitimate right through implementation of the relevant UN resolutions,” adding that the unprecedented Indian repression cannot stop them from pursuing their sacred cause.
It was on August 5, 2019 when the RSS-backed Hindutva government of India, led by the enemy of humanity BJP government headed by Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Ajit Doval, scrapped the special status of IIOJK under military siege in brazen violation of international laws and norms, and usurped all political, social, religious and other basic rights of Kashmiris after turning the occupied territory into a big open-air prison.
The APHC spokesman said that the August 5 illegal action was an attack on Kashmir’s unique identity, culture and demography. The APHC urged Kashmiris all over the world to hold protest demonstrations on Tuesday against Indian aggression, injustice and atrocities, and to draw the attention of the world towards the suffering of the oppressed people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Other APHC leaders and parties in their statements issued in Srinagar termed August 5 the darkest day in the history of Jammu and Kashmir, saying the BJP regime has unleashed a reign of terror in IIOJK since August 5, 2019 by using brute force to silence the people of the territory. They appealed to the global community to intervene and stop the bloodbath in Jammu and Kashmir.
The APHC, while expressing concern over the deteriorating health of Chairman Masarrat Alam Butt, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Asiya Andrabi, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Peer Saifullah, Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal, Ayaz Akbar, Fehmeeda Sofi, Naheeda Nasreen, Advocate Mian Abdul Qayoom, Maulvi Bashir Ahmed, Bilal Siddiqi, Mushtaq-ul-Islam and others who have been languishing for long years under illegal detention in notorious Tihar Jail in New Delhi and other jails, reiterated that the Kashmiri people are determined to carry forward their legitimate struggle against all odds. It expressed the hope that the day will come when they will see their motherland freed from Indian clutches.
