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KASHMIR, SRINAGAR: Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and the world over observed Indian Independence Day on Saturday as Black Day, which was marked with complete strike in occupied Kashmir and peaceful protests in the world capitals, reports KMS.
The Black Day was observed on the call of the APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and illegally detained senior Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani.
All business establishments and shops were closed and traffic remained off the road in the occupied territory. All the towns wore a deserted look and the official functions were completely boycotted by the people.
Illegally detained APHC leader, Nayeem Ahmad Khan in a statement from Kathua Jail in Jammu said that India could not suppress the ongoing liberation struggle through use of brute force.
In Muzaffarabad, Hurriyet leader Mohammad Farooq Rehmani led procession and presented a memorandum at the office of United Nations Observers Group. The memorandum strongly denounced human rights violations by Indian troops in the occupied territory.
Protest demonstrations were staged in front of Indian High Commissions in London and Brussels, where Kashmiri leaders handed over memoranda to Indian High Commissioners, urging Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh to call an immediate end to acts of Indian state-terrorism in occupied Kashmir.
The Executive Directors of Kashmir Centre London, Professor Nazir Ahmad Shawl and Kashmir Centre Brussels, Barrister Abdul Majeed Tramboo led the demonstrations. The Executive Director of Kashmir Center Washington, Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, presently in London said that the international community had the responsibility to impress upon India to give Kashmiris’ their right to self-determination.