Srinagar, January 21, 2022 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leaders have paid glowing tributes to the martyrs of Gaw Kadal on their 32nd martyrdom anniversary. Over 50 innocent people were killed in Gaw Kadal area of Srinagar on January 21 in 1990 when Indian forces had resorted to indiscriminate firing on peaceful demonstrators who were protesting against the molestation of several women by troops, the previous night.
APHC leader Chaudhry Shaheen Iqbal in a statement issued in Srinagar, paying tributes to the victims of Gaukdal tragedy, said that the incident was a milestone in the history of Kashmir. He said, the Indian troops are committing serious crimes in the territory and until the perpetrators are brought to justice, the loss of innocent human lives in IIOJK will continue and uncertainty will increase.
APHC leader Advocate Arshad Iqbal in a statement issued in Srinagar, terming the tragedy as the worst kind of state-terrorism it, said on that fateful day, a crackdown was also held at Chota-bazaar in Srinagar where thousands of men women, children and elderly were subjected to severe torture and humiliation.
He reiterated the Kashmiris’ pledge to take the ongoing freedom movement to its logical end despite all odds. He also appreciated the Legal Forum for Kashmir for effectively raising the Kashmir dispute at the international level.
Hurriyat leaders Khadim Hussain and Maulana Syed Sibt Shabbir Qumi in a joint statement in Srinagar said that the massacre of Gaw Kadal on January 21, 1990 was a clear example of Indian brutality against innocent Kashmiris.
They said that in the last 32 years there had been dozens of such massacres in the occupied territory at the hands of ruthless Indian troops but the Kashmiris had not given up and they were standing firm against the illegal Indian occupation of Kashmir.
AHPC-AJK chapter leader, Mehmood Ahmad Sagar in his statement in Islamabad said, the massacre is one of the most terrific incidents of mass-killings in the history of Kashmir that will continue to bruise the hearts and minds of the Kashmiri people.
Lauding the supreme sacrifices of the Kashmiri martyrs, he said, “We are indebted to martyrs who laid down their lives for the sacred cause.” AHPC-AJK leader, Imtiaz Wani in a statement in Islamabad termed the incident as the worst type of Indian state terrorism in IIOJK.
APHC-AJK leader, Mushtaq Hussain Gilani in his statement in Islamabad said that the Kashmiris could never forget the Gawkadal massacre perpetrated by Indian forces in 1990. He deplored that the Kashmiris had always been victims of Indian state terrorism as in 1947, India, under a well-conceived plan, martyred at least 300,000 innocent people with the help of extremist Hindus in Jammu and since then the Kashmiri people had been the victims of Indian tyranny.
He said Kashmiris have no choice but to carry on their freedom struggle from Indian occupation till taking it to its logical conclusion. He said that the world community was deliberately neglecting the Kashmir dispute despite the fact that it was an internationally recognized disputed territory.
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