SRINAGAR: The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Mallik on Tuesday said that on October 24 (Wednesday), the people especially those living in south Kashmir districts will march towards village Laroo in Kulgam district to express sympathy and solidarity with the families who lost their loved ones in Kulgam “massacre” by Indian forces.
The march to Kulgam is to convey to the people of Laroo that the people of entire Kashmir are with them and share their grief and pain and that they are not alone against the “ultimate repression” unleashed to crush the people’s demand for the right to self-determination, the JRL said in a statement issued to GNS.
JRL said that on October 26 (Friday), imams of all shrines, masjids and Imambaras across Kashmir will raise their voice against the killing of innocent people in Kulgam and also stage peaceful protests after Friday prayers against the bloodshed in Kulgam. The leadership also urged imans to lead special prayers for all martyrs of Kashmir especially those killed recently at Kulgam.
On October 27 (Saturday), the JRL said that the ‘black day of Kashmir history’ will be observed by all as “Occupation Day” as it was on this day in 1947 that Indian troops landed in Kashmir “to occupy us and our land”. A complete protest strike will be observed on that day, the leaders added.
JRL appealed to Kashmiris on both sides of the ceasefire line to “observe the day in solidarity with their Kashmiri brethren and in whatever country they are, educate the people through posters, banners, placards about the Kashmir dispute and grave human rights abuses here”. (GNS)
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