ISLAMABAD: Kashmiris round the globe have marked Indian Republic Day as black day and hold rallies, demonstrations and seminars, to divert attention of world community towards New Delhi’s human rights violation in the occupied valley.
The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year scrapped the special status of Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) and imposed a curfew and communication blackout to suppress the dissent against the controversial move.
The Republic Day has brought more miseries to the already besieged people, as Indian troops have intensified checking and frisking in various cities of the region.
In the occupied territory a complete strike will be observed, while protests, anti-India demonstrations and rallies will be carried out in major capitals of the world.
The Hurriyat leaders in their statements and messages said that India is not a real democratic country as it has been suppressing the Kashmiris’ voice through military might for over seven decades, Radio Pakistan reported.
They said India has no right to celebrate its Republic Day in Kashmir as it occupied the territory against the will of the Kashmiri people.
Hundreds of protesters from diverse Indian communities across the United Kingdom demonstrated in London on Saturday against the fascist policies of Narendra Modi government on the eve of India’s Republic Day.
Civil society and human rights groups of Indians in the UK started gathering outside 10 Downing Street at 1 pm and then marched to Indian High Commission half a kilometer away where a huge rally was held at the doorsteps of the High Commission.
The protestors called for the repeal of India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which undermines India’s secular constitution, and the abolition of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR), which in conjunction with the CAA open the way for selective mass disenfranchisement of India’s Muslim population and ethnic cleansing.
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