India has subjected people of Jammu Kashmir to worst kind of oppression and torture from many decades. This is a glaring example of its unwillingness to honor freedom and human rights of people. Therefore the republic day of a nation that has snatched the freedom of a poor nation, can never be a day of joy for the oppressed people of Jammu Kashmir. This was stated by the incarcerated chairman of Jammu Kashmir liberation front (JKLF) Mohammad Yasin Malik in message sent from central jail today.
While calling for a black day on Saturday 26th January 2017, Yasin sahib said that India celebrates its republic day on 26th January every year and calls itself the biggest democracy of the world but this is the nation that has snatched the democratic right of Kashmiris by its military might and is continuously denying Kashmiris this right. He said that democracy means accepting the rights of poor nations and doing justice to them but instead of this India under the garb of being so-called biggest democracy is trampling Kashmiri rights with their military might. He said that it was India and its leaders like Jawahar Lal Nehru who pledged before the international community to provide Kashmiris the right of self-determination but now today when Kashmiris are asking for the fulfillment of same pledges they are being killed and brutalized by same India that too in the name of democracy and peace.
He said that if the history of only last five months is taken into account ,our hundreds have been killed by Indian bullets, eye sight of so many has been snatched and thousands have been injured . More than ten thousands are languishing in jails and voices of Kashmiris have been suppressed by military might.
While condemning the verdict by a west Bengal court against many people, Yasin Malik said that only few days back many including a innocent Kashmiri Muzaffar Ahmad Rather from Kulgam has been sentenced to death by an Indian court. Father of Kashmiri nation Muhammad Maqbool Butt and Muhammad Afzal guru were also hanged through same kind of state sponsored terrorism and this also is another form of oppressive tacit of denying the democratic rights of Kashmiris.
JKLF chairman said that the republic day of a nation that has by military might snatched the freedom of a poor nation and has denied them basic democratic right can never be the day of joy for the oppressed people of Kashmir and because of this we Kashmiris are compelled to observe this day as a black day. He said that people of Jammu Kashmir will observe this day 26th January as a black day and register their protest against illegal occupation and oppression.