Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and across the world will observe Indian Republic Day, today, as Black Day to convey to the international community that India's continued denial of Kashmiris' right to self-determination is contrary to its claim of being a democratic republic.
According to Kashmir Media Service, call for the observance of the Day has been given by the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, senior Kashmiri Hurriyat leader, Syed Ali Gilani and the High Court Bar Association of occupied Kashmir.
They have appealed to the people of the occupied territory to observe complete shutdown and hoist black flags on the rooftops of their houses on the occasion. On the other hand, a red alert has been sounded in the occupied territory by the occupation authorities.
Indian troops and police have intensified their search operations and frisking of pedestrians and motorists. The Srinagar city, particularly the areas around Bakhshi Stadium, the venue of the main official function, are under siege as the troops have strengthened their vigil by occupying all high-rise buildings.
Surveillance cameras have also been installed around the Bakhshi Stadium. The APHC, the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front and the JKLF-Rajbagh in their separate statements in Srinagar, today, expressed serious concern over the inconvenience and distress caused to common people on the pretext of so-called security arrangements ahead of the Indian Republic Day. Meanwhile, Indian troops, in their fresh acts of state terrorism, martyred four innocent Kashmiri youth, two each of them at Sher Bibi in Ramban and Shah Nagri in Handwara.
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