SRINAGAR All Parties Hurriyat Conference has said that the observance of the India’s Republic Day as a black day on Sunday, by the Kashmiris all over the world has once again proved that the people of the disputed territory reject India’s illegal occupation of their motherland. The APHC in a statement issued in Srinagar, on Monday, emphasized that the Kashmiri people were determined to continue their struggle till they achieve their inalienable right to selfdetermination. The APHC also hailed the initiation of six resolutions in the European Parliament against India and in favor of the implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions on Kashmir. Meanwhile, Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir continues to reel under the military siege and lockdown on 176th consecutive day, on Monday. Amid restrictions enforced under Section 144, the people are facing growing shortage of food and medicines. Complete shutdown was observed in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, on Monday, on the anniversary of deadly massacre carried out by Indian troops in 1994. The troops had brutally killed 27 innocent Kashmiris on this day in 1994 to punish the people for observing shutdown on 26th January, the India’s Republic Day, in the town. Shutdown was observed in Tral town to mourn the killing of a youth on Saturday. In Paris too, India’s Republic Day was observed as black day, on Sunday. France-based Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Forum, Mirza Asif Jaral led the demonstration on the occasion.—SABAH
