All-Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir (APHC-AJK) organized a protest rally in Muzaffarabad against the increasing the atrocities in the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) on the International Day of "Support to Victims of Violence". According to Kashmir Media Service, the rally was led by APHC-AJK convener Ghulam Mohammad Safi and a huge number of people participated in the rally demanding that world community should take stock of the worsening human rights suituation in IIOJK. Addressing the participants of the rally, the speakers were of three view that the Indian forces have passed all precious records of barbarism. Indian forces have let loose reign of terror in IIOJK and are depriving Kashmiris of their inalienable right to self-determination. They said that Kashmiri nation is seeking freedom from Indian illegal occupation of India while in response India is incarcerated innocent people are they are being subjected to the worst torture in the prisons. They said that the Indian Army is using physical and mental violence as a weapon to suppress the freedom movement.

This series of atrocities on Kashmiris has been going on since 1947, but the Modi government has accelerated this process of oppression and tyranny and it is not only killing, arresting and other atrocities against Kashmiris, but it has also subjected the people of the occupied region to violence, they added, The speakers said that despite all the interventions of India, the morale of Kashmiris is high and they are determined to carry their just movement to its logical end. Despite India's worst violence and nefarious tactics, brave and zealous Kashmiris are determined to take their freedom movement to its logical conclusion. The speakers urged the United Nations, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and other international rights organizations to play role in resolving the Kashmir conflict to ensure lasting peace and security in South Asia. The rally ended at the United Nations Observers Office Mission in Muzaffarabad, where a memorandum was presented to UN Observers demanding of the UN Secretary General to play a role in resolving the Kashmir issue and releasing the detained Kashmiris. In addition to the leaders of various political and religious parties, a large number of youth participated in the rally. The participants of the rally shouted slogans against the ongoing Indian atrocities in the occupied territory and in favor of freedom.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan