Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over are observing the Indian Republic Day as Black Day on Wednesday, in protest against India’s continued denial of right to self-determination to them.

Call for observance of the Black Day has been given by All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman, Masarrat Aalam Butt and supported by other Hurriyat leaders.

The day is being marked by a civil curfew by the people in Indian illegally occupied Jammu while the occupation authorities have suspended internet services in all areas of territory.

Kashmiris and their sympathizers are holding anti-India demonstrations and rallies in world capitals to draw the attention of the international community towards the Indian state terrorism in IIOJK.

Meanwhile, the occupation authorities have turned the entire Kashmir valley and parts of Jammu region into a military garrison by imposing curfew-like restrictions and deploying Indian troops and police personnel in strength in the name of so-called security measures.

On the other hand, in the state capital Muzaffarabad Azad Kashmir, a protest rally was taken out jointly by Kashmir Liberation Cell, and Pasban e Hurriyat.

AJK Minister for local government and rural development Khawaja Farooq Ahmad led the rally while members of the Legislative Assembly, school children, and people belonging to all walks of life participated in the rally.

Addressing the rally, the speakers emphasized that the resolution of the longstanding Kashmir issue lies in the UN resolutions.

They appealed to the UN, Amnesty International, and other world human rights bodies to come forward in the realization of the right to self-determination to the Kashmiris for which they are struggling for the last seven decades.