Human Rights Day: Kashmir continues to reel under Indian occupation

On the account of World Human Rights Day, a report has revealed that Indian troops have martyred 95,728 innocent Kashmiris including 7,155 in custody since January 1989 till date.

According to the report tabulated by the local media in Kashmir, said the valley continues to reel under brutal Indian occupation even on Human Rights Day.

The report said that Indian occupational forces had been violating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in the occupied territory for the last over 7 decades and mercilessly killing, arresting, torturing, and humiliating innocent Kashmiris of every age and gender for demanding their right to self-determination.

According to the report, Indian troops martyred 95,728 innocent Kashmiris including 7,155 in custody since January 1989 till date. These killings rendered 22,924 women widowed and 107,811 children orphaned.

It said that the troops molested or disgraced 11,231 women and damaged 110,375 residential houses and other structures. It maintained that Indian troops and police personnel subjected over 8,000 people to custodial disappearance in the period.

The report said life remains badly affected and the economy adversely hurt in IIOJK due to the continued military siege and ban on 4G internet services.

The report also revealed that the occupation authorities did not allow people to offer Friday prayers at historical Jamia Masjid in Srinagar and other mosques, shrines and imambargahs of the territory for months together after August 05, last year.