In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leaders have paid glowing tributes to the martyrs of Gaw Kadal massacre on their 32nd martyrdom anniver-sary.
According to Kashmir Media Service, over 50 innocent people were killed in Gaw Kadal area of Srinagar on this day in 1990 when Indian forces had opened indiscriminate firing on peaceful demonstra-tors who were protesting against the molestation of several women by troops, the previous night.
The illegally detained APHC Chairman, Masar-rat Aalam Butt, in a message from New Delhi’s infamous Tihar Jail eulogized the sacrifices of the martyrs of Gaw Kadal. He thanked the freedom loving Kashmiri people for observing shutdown and organising prayer meetings in memory of the mar-tyrs who have sacrificed their precious lives for the sacred mission of freedom from Indian subjugation.
The APHC Chairman also condemned the au-thorities for disallowing Juma prayers at the Jamia Masjid, Srinagar. He urged the UN Secretary Gen-eral, Antonio Guterres, to take steps for resolving the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions and Kashmiris’ aspira-tions.
The Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Com-mittee (AAC), headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in a statement in Srinagar said there are dozens of such incidents where innocent people were killed in broad daylight and the authorities announced so-called enquiry commissions but to this day justice is still awaited in all these cases.
APHC leader, Masroor Abbas, in a statement in Srinagar termed the Gaw Kadal as a black chapter in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. He deplored that not a single Indian soldier or policeman involved in Gaw Kadal and other such mass killings has been punished so far. He deplored the criminal silence maintained by the world community over the Indian state terrorism in IIOJK. He also expressed concern over harassment of the people of IIOJK in the pre-test of so-called security measures for the Indian Republic Day celebrations in the territory.
APHC leader, Chaudhry Shaheen Iqbal, in a statement issued in Srinagar, paying tributes to the victims of Gaw Kadal tragedy, said that the incident was a milestone in the history of Kashmir. He said, the Indian troops are committing serious crimes in the territory and until the perpetrators are brought to book, the loss of innocent human lives in IIOJK will continue and uncertainty will increase.
APHC leaders Khadim Hussain and Maulana Syed Sibte Shabbir Qumi in a joint statement in Srinagar said that the massacre of Gaw Kadal on January 21, 1990 was a clear example of Indian brutality against the innocent Kashmiris. They said that in the last 32 years, there had been dozens of such massacres in the occupied territory at the hands of ruthless Indian troops but the Kashmiris had not given up and they were standing firm against the illegal Indian occupation of their homeland.—KMS
